---
name: "Expose Evil"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "SOI-19"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jama Jurabaev"
oracle_id: "b5483037-5dd2-4282-a201-de2e08aaa76e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/expose-evil-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Expose Evil
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Tap up to two target creatures.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *"Only the pure stand tall in the light."
—Sigarda*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thraben Inspector](/printing/thraben-inspector-inr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Press for Answers](/printing/press-for-answers-soi.md) — Sorcery
3. [Drownyard Explorers](/printing/drownyard-explorers-soi.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
5. [Fateful Absence](/printing/fateful-absence-mid.md) — Instant
6. [Eliminate the Impossible](/printing/eliminate-the-impossible-mkm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #SOI-19
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jama Jurabaev
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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