---
name: "Stymied Hopes"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Peter Mohrbacher"
oracle_id: "b081726f-0ed6-4ab0-833e-f510ac6fbeaa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stymied-hopes-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stymied Hopes
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

> *当神下定决心要让你好看时，这一日就绝不会善终。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Condescend](/printing/condescend-wc04.md) — Instant
2. [Memory Drain](/printing/memory-drain-thb.md) — Instant
3. [Dissolve](/printing/dissolve-ths.md) — Instant
4. [No Escape](/printing/no-escape-j22.md) — Instant
5. [Bane's Contingency](/printing/banes-contingency-clb.md) — Instant
6. [Calculated Dismissal](/printing/calculated-dismissal-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #64
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Peter Mohrbacher
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`