---
name: "Devour Intellect"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Steven Russell Black"
oracle_id: "abf8264e-d020-4939-8092-83469b1a2244"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devour-intellect-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target opponent discards a card. If mana from a Treasure was spent to cast this spell, instead that player reveals their hand, you choose a nonland card from it, then that player discards that card.

> *"I'll know what you know soon enough."
—Nihiloor, Xanathar Guild spymaster*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Gix's Caress](/printing/gixs-caress-bro.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mind Ravel](/printing/mind-ravel-5ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Mind Spike](/printing/mind-spike-hbg.md) — Sorcery
6. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #97
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Steven Russell Black
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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