---
name: "Veil of Secrecy"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "abfde51c-dfe7-4382-8aa2-f0a7ac1b7048"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/veil-of-secrecy-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Veil of Secrecy
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains shroud until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Splice onto Arcane—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mage's Guile](/printing/mages-guile-ons.md) — Instant
2. [Mystic Veil](/printing/mystic-veil-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Cephalid Inkshrouder](/printing/cephalid-inkshrouder-jud.md) — Creature — Octopus
4. [Glimpse, the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Illusion Rogue
5. [Alexi's Cloak](/printing/alexis-cloak-pcy.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Spectral Cloak](/printing/spectral-cloak-leg.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #59
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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