---
name: "Welcome to the Fold"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Palumbo"
oracle_id: "b8647f54-f50b-4bc6-bd44-fda25ef189fa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/welcome-to-the-fold-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Welcome to the Fold
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Madness {X}{U}{U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Gain control of target creature if its toughness is 2 or less. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead gain control of that creature if its toughness is X or less.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Malevolent Whispers](/printing/malevolent-whispers-soi.md) — Sorcery
2. [Beguiler of Wills](/printing/beguiler-of-wills-dka.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Dominate](/printing/dominate-nem.md) — Instant
4. [Chilling Grasp](/printing/chilling-grasp-emn.md) — Instant
5. [Just the Wind](/printing/just-the-wind-j21.md) — Instant
6. [Entrancing Melody](/printing/entrancing-melody-soc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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