---
name: "Weave the Nightmare"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Heist"]
set: "YOTJ"
set_name: "Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Wayne Wu"
oracle_id: "bd581eb6-1a12-4985-9a41-65c5c322d849"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/weave-the-nightmare-yotj"
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"
---

# Weave the Nightmare
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Heist

## Oracle Text
Choose one. If you control a nonland permanent you don't own as you cast this spell, you may choose two instead.
• Heist target opponent's library.
• Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
• Counter target noncreature spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Polterheist](/printing/polterheist-ydsk.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [You Find the Villains' Lair](/printing/you-find-the-villains-lair-afr.md) — Instant
3. [Bind to Secrecy](/printing/bind-to-secrecy-ysnc.md) — Instant
4. [Triumphant Getaway](/printing/triumphant-getaway-yotj.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cryptic Command](/printing/cryptic-command-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Night Dealings](/printing/night-dealings-chk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction (YOTJ) #29
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Wayne Wu

## 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`