---
name: "Monomania"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "James Ryman"
oracle_id: "29c6935e-ef64-4298-af74-9b18eed93136"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/monomania-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Monomania
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player chooses a card in their hand and discards the rest.

> *„Woran klammert sich Ungeziefer, wenn alles verloren ist?" —Sorin Markov*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wit's End](/printing/wits-end-dis.md) — Sorcery
2. [Persecute](/printing/persecute-wc01.md) — Sorcery
3. [One with Nothing](/printing/one-with-nothing-sok.md) — Instant
4. [Specter's Wail](/printing/specters-wail-mmq.md) — Sorcery
5. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2012 (M12) #102
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** James Ryman
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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