---
name: "Extract a Confession"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Collect evidence"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Peter Polach"
oracle_id: "96480e86-70a8-401d-abf8-a7d509311b73"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/extract-a-confession-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Extract a Confession
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Collect evidence

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If evidence was collected, instead each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bite Down on Crime](/printing/bite-down-on-crime-mkm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Deadly Cover-Up](/printing/deadly-cover-up-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mind Extraction](/printing/mind-extraction-apc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Corrupted Conviction](/printing/corrupted-conviction-otj.md) — Instant
5. [Urgent Necropsy](/printing/urgent-necropsy-pmkm.md) — Instant
6. [Coerced Confession](/printing/coerced-confession-gtc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Peter Polach
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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