---
name: "Test of Talents"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lie Setiawan"
oracle_id: "d808262d-43ca-46f8-ab8b-b584773f9c58"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/test-of-talents-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Test of Talents
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. That player shuffles, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Counterbore](/printing/counterbore-dpa.md) — Instant
2. [Quash](/printing/quash-bok.md) — Instant
3. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant
4. [Minamo's Meddling](/printing/minamos-meddling-bok.md) — Instant
5. [Devious Cover-Up](/printing/devious-cover-up-grn.md) — Instant
6. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #59
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lie Setiawan
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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