---
name: "Truth or Tale"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "89"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Michael Phillippi"
oracle_id: "10674c2f-7920-4505-b8d5-e96f3da1cda3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/truth-or-tale-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Truth or Tale
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put a card from the chosen pile into your hand, then put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fact or Fiction](/printing/fact-or-fiction-cmm.md) — Instant
2. [Moment of Truth](/printing/moment-of-truth-mom.md) — Instant
3. [Pieces of the Puzzle](/printing/pieces-of-the-puzzle-sir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Epiphany at the Drownyard](/printing/epiphany-at-the-drownyard-sir.md) — Instant
5. [See the Truth](/printing/see-the-truth-pm21.md) — Sorcery
6. [Steam Augury](/printing/steam-augury-pio.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #89
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Michael Phillippi
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`