---
name: "Swat Away"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Julie Dillon"
oracle_id: "79090b00-d920-4134-a838-fb434cf3ee4d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swat-away-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {2} less to cast if a creature is attacking you.
The owner of target spell or creature puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

> *弄んではならぬ存在というものが、世にはある。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Run Behind](/printing/run-behind-sos.md) — Instant
2. [Bury in Books](/printing/bury-in-books-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Guidance Failure](/printing/guidance-failure-trk.md) — Instant
4. [Uneasy Partings](/printing/uneasy-partings-hob.md) — Instant
5. [Dire Downdraft](/printing/dire-downdraft-blb.md) — Instant
6. [Whisk Away](/printing/whisk-away-frf.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #75
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Julie Dillon
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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