---
name: "Swindler's Scheme"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anato Finnstark"
oracle_id: "e3ff6134-10dd-4565-afcb-0f41a2933d19"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swindlers-scheme-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swindler's Scheme
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell from their hand, you may reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a card type with that spell, counter that spell and that opponent may cast the revealed card without paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Counterbalance](/printing/counterbalance-plst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant
4. [Wisedrafter's Will](/printing/wisedrafters-will-mb2.md) — Enchantment
5. [You Find the Villains' Lair](/printing/you-find-the-villains-lair-afr.md) — Instant
6. [Planeswalker's Mischief](/printing/planeswalkers-mischief-pls.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anato Finnstark
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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