---
name: "Brain Pry"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DIS"
set_name: "Dissension"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "94dc9937-91e3-4c38-a544-c1cdb6989222"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brain-pry-dis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brain Pry
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand. That player discards a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.

> *Per i Rakdos, il divertimento è il saccheggio. Il bottino viene solitamente abbandonato.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
2. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pick the Brain](/printing/pick-the-brain-sir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
5. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dissension (DIS) #39
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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