---
name: "Surging Dementia"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Ripple"]
set: "CSP"
set_name: "Coldsnap"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Hideaki Takamura"
oracle_id: "dd7f46c2-98f7-46e6-92ce-51fa95d2f0c8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surging-dementia-csp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Surging Dementia
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Ripple

## Oracle Text
Ripple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as this spell from among those cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
Target player discards a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Surging Flame](/printing/surging-flame-pal06.md) — Instant
2. [Surging Aether](/printing/surging-aether-csp.md) — Instant
3. [Surging Might](/printing/surging-might-csp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Surging Sentinels](/printing/surging-sentinels-csp.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Thrumming Stone](/printing/thrumming-stone-2x2.md) — Legendary Artifact
6. [Dementia Sliver](/printing/dementia-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap (CSP) #72
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Hideaki Takamura
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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