---
name: "Hard-Hitting Question"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "05fdefb4-2be7-4d9a-9ab9-14bbbe72aef7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hard-hitting-question-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hard-Hitting Question
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

> *"Gli strumenti più importanti per un detective sono uno sguardo attento e una mente analitica. Insieme a un bel gancio sinistro."
—Ispettore capo Holjo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aggressive Instinct](/printing/aggressive-instinct-gs1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Quarrel](/printing/quarrel-hob.md) — Instant
3. [Rocky Rebuke](/printing/rocky-rebuke-tla.md) — Instant
4. [Rabid Bite](/printing/rabid-bite-gn3.md) — Sorcery
5. [Master's Rebuke](/printing/masters-rebuke-neo.md) — Instant
6. [Bite Down](/printing/bite-down-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #164
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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