---
name: "Psychic Spear"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "284b0605-4b33-499e-aff3-e8b9edcce39b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-spear-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Spear
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a Spirit or Arcane card from it. That player discards that card.

> *« Les sorciers du marais de Takenuma affrontaient les horreurs de l'humanité chaque jour. Il n'était pas étonnant qu'ils s'en sortent si bien contre les kami. »
—Observations sur la Guerre des kami*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Spike](/printing/mind-spike-hbg.md) — Sorcery
3. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
5. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Psychic Intrusion](/printing/psychic-intrusion-ths.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #78
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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