---
name: "Wail of the Forgotten"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Descend"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ryan Valle"
oracle_id: "030b5408-f216-43e4-8593-f78d22821876"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wail-of-the-forgotten-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Wail of the Forgotten
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Descend

## Oracle Text
Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target opponent discards a card.
• Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bygone Marvels](/printing/bygone-marvels-lcc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Remember the Fallen](/printing/remember-the-fallen-2xm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Grim Discovery](/printing/grim-discovery-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Squirming Emergence](/printing/squirming-emergence-plci.md) — Sorcery
5. [Forgotten Lore](/printing/forgotten-lore-me2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake](/printing/uchbenbak-the-great-mistake-lci.md) — Legendary Creature — Skeleton Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #244
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ryan Valle
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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