---
name: "Despise"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "43065"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "b13b40f1-1b1f-40e8-989b-ef24dc05007a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/despise-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

> *"Truth is always a weapon in your enemies' hands."
—Geth, Lord of the Vault*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
3. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
4. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery
5. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
6. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43065
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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