---
name: "Universal Surveillance"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Improvise"]
set: "EOC"
set_name: "Edge of Eternities Commander"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Aaron J. Riley"
oracle_id: "c5a5c17d-d1e4-4d23-9d2b-1c2febdcb0e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/universal-surveillance-eoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Universal Surveillance
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Improvise

## Oracle Text
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Draw X cards.

> *Few outside the Saiba Futurists know the true extent of their data-extraction network.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reverse Engineer](/printing/reverse-engineer-ha5.md) — Sorcery
2. [Saheeli's Directive](/printing/saheelis-directive-pz2.md) — Sorcery
3. [Whir of Invention](/printing/whir-of-invention-aer.md) — Instant
4. [One with the Machine](/printing/one-with-the-machine-pm19.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cerebral Download](/printing/cerebral-download-eoe.md) — Instant
6. [Enhanced Surveillance](/printing/enhanced-surveillance-mkc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC) #81
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Aaron J. Riley
- **Total Printings:** 22 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`