---
name: "Surprise, Nerd!"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "UNK"
set_name: "Unknown Event"
collector_number: "RB05b"
rarity: "rare"
artist: ""
oracle_id: "9e92ea55-7c9b-4b3d-b579-d3a76259c74a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surprise-nerd-unk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Surprise, Nerd!
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
If a creature would get + some amount of power or toughness until end of turn, instead it gets - that amount of power or toughness.

> *Designed by players at MagicCon Chicago 2025.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Burrog Befuddler](/printing/burrog-befuddler-stx.md) — Creature — Frog Wizard
2. [Nowhere to Run](/printing/nowhere-to-run-pw26.md) — Enchantment
3. [Feebleness](/printing/feebleness-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cunning Nightbonder](/printing/cunning-nightbonder-iko.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Blitz Leech](/printing/blitz-leech-iko.md) — Creature — Leech
6. [Short Circuit](/printing/short-circuit-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unknown Event (UNK) #RB05b
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** 

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