---
name: "Throes of Chaos"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Retrace", "Cascade"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "526"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "e3444fcf-70ed-4d6e-aea9-030af15cad56"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/throes-of-chaos-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Throes of Chaos
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Retrace, Cascade

## Oracle Text
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call Forth the Tempest](/printing/call-forth-the-tempest-hoc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dark Apostle](/printing/dark-apostle-40k.md) — Creature — Astartes Warlock
3. [Into the Time Vortex](/printing/into-the-time-vortex-who.md) — Sorcery
4. [Etherium-Horn Sorcerer](/printing/etherium-horn-sorcerer-c16.md) — Artifact Creature — Minotaur Wizard Sorcerer
5. [Natural Reclamation](/printing/natural-reclamation-cmr.md) — Instant
6. [Violent Outburst](/printing/violent-outburst-arb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #526
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

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