---
name: "Flay"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "65"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matthew D. Wilson"
oracle_id: "987b74f4-02cb-4d47-94e5-d58a3c8e92e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flay-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flay
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player discards a card at random. Then that player discards another card at random unless they pay {1}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
2. [Flux](/printing/flux-wth.md) — Sorcery
3. [Hymn to Tourach](/printing/hymn-to-tourach-ptc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stupor](/printing/stupor-mir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Unhinge](/printing/unhinge-tor.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mind Ravel](/printing/mind-ravel-5ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #65
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matthew D. Wilson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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