---
name: "Extract Brain"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "AFC"
set_name: "Forgotten Realms Commander"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "bb0eb9c2-c26d-452d-9e02-fc0bec2655c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/extract-brain-afc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Extract Brain
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

> *Nessun pensiero è succulento quanto un segreto.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
2. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mind Extraction](/printing/mind-extraction-apc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Pick the Brain](/printing/pick-the-brain-sir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Extract Power](/printing/extract-power-msc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Psychic Theft](/printing/psychic-theft-pcy.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #46
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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