---
name: "Cerebral Confiscation"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lius Lasahido"
oracle_id: "1ea71ea2-65ca-4907-b857-dbd1ba8efacd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cerebral Confiscation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target opponent discards two cards.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

> *„Verlasse dich nie auf eine Beschreibung aus zweiter Hand. Schau dir die Erinnerung immer selbst an."
—Lazav*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
2. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pilfer](/printing/pilfer-dmu.md) — Sorcery
4. [Memory Theft](/printing/memory-theft-eld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Thoughtseize](/printing/thoughtseize-otp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lius Lasahido
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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