---
name: "Discerning Taste"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "317"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "1896c513-ec48-4c8f-9acb-30bc6357fce2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/discerning-taste-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creature cards put into your graveyard this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bitter Revelation](/printing/bitter-revelation-cmr.md) — Sorcery
2. [Commune with Evil](/printing/commune-with-evil-dsk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Blood Price](/printing/blood-price-j22.md) — Sorcery
4. [A-Demon's Due](/printing/a-demons-due-snc.md) — Instant
5. [Relentless Pursuit](/printing/relentless-pursuit-j22.md) — Sorcery
6. [Bond of Flourishing](/printing/bond-of-flourishing-j25.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #317
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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