---
name: "Undersimplify"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brent Hollowell"
oracle_id: "82ed1bd6-b56d-48e9-932e-78b29c030d63"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/undersimplify-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Choose target spell. If it's a creature spell, it perpetually gets -2/-0. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {2}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stern Scolding](/printing/stern-scolding-ltr.md) — Instant
2. [Out of Air](/printing/out-of-air-lci.md) — Instant
3. [Confound](/printing/confound-pls.md) — Instant
4. [Undermine](/printing/undermine-inv.md) — Instant
5. [False Summoning](/printing/false-summoning-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Essence Capture](/printing/essence-capture-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #40
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brent Hollowell

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