---
name: "Sudden Setback"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Olivier Bernard"
oracle_id: "565ba85c-bad8-4cbd-a2ff-b4384b886308"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sudden-setback-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sudden Setback
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The owner of target spell or nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

> *"Look, buddy, you're not in trouble. I just wanna ask you a questio—"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Misleading Motes](/printing/misleading-motes-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Run Out of Town](/printing/run-out-of-town-snc.md) — Instant
3. [Unlucky Drop](/printing/unlucky-drop-lci.md) — Instant
4. [Totally Lost](/printing/totally-lost-m19.md) — Instant
5. [Chronostutter](/printing/chronostutter-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Time Ebb](/printing/time-ebb-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #72
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Olivier Bernard
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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