---
name: "Persecute"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "151"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "676c4cfa-f929-43aa-95cc-df81a596c2a2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/persecute-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Persecute
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.

> *« Mais... mais je n'ai rien fait » « Si, tu existes. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Addle](/printing/addle-wc01.md) — Sorcery
2. [Monomania](/printing/monomania-m12.md) — Sorcery
3. [Shatter Assumptions](/printing/shatter-assumptions-mh1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Wit's End](/printing/wits-end-dis.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #151
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 42 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`