---
name: "Lay Bare the Heart"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "910f4339-9125-45b7-929f-57e1adb6ac3c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lay Bare the Heart
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

> *"진짜 의도를 보려면 머릿속이 아닌 마음을 보아라." —야망의 신 본투*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery
4. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Encroach](/printing/encroach-uds.md) — Sorcery
6. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #96
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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