---
name: "Pulling Teeth"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Clash"]
set: "MOR"
set_name: "Morningtide"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jim Pavelec"
oracle_id: "9c966ba3-3408-4bdd-a4cf-97c9183e1115"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pulling-teeth-mor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pulling Teeth
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Clash

## Oracle Text
Clash with an opponent. If you win, target player discards two cards. Otherwise, that player discards a card. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hoarder's Greed](/printing/hoarders-greed-ecc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Recross the Paths](/printing/recross-the-paths-mor.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mana Clash](/printing/mana-clash-9ed.md) — Sorcery
4. [Weed Strangle](/printing/weed-strangle-lrw.md) — Sorcery
5. [Research the Deep](/printing/research-the-deep-mor.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lash Out](/printing/lash-out-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Morningtide (MOR) #75
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jim Pavelec
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`