---
name: "Mind Extraction"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adam Rex"
oracle_id: "0077740a-528b-4ee3-b331-fac321b95302"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mind-extraction-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mind Extraction
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of each of the sacrificed creature's colors.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tormented Thoughts](/printing/tormented-thoughts-jou.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
3. [Exile into Darkness](/printing/exile-into-darkness-sok.md) — Sorcery
4. [Tendrils of Despair](/printing/tendrils-of-despair-wth.md) — Sorcery
5. [Phantasmal Extraction](/printing/phantasmal-extraction-ylci.md) — Sorcery
6. [Extract Brain](/printing/extract-brain-afc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adam Rex
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`