---
name: "Stain the Mind"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Convoke"]
set: "PIO"
set_name: "Pioneer Masters"
collector_number: "339"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jason Rainville"
oracle_id: "1994d563-8726-49c9-a18a-6ba2604a8cb7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stain-the-mind-pio"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stain the Mind
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Convoke

## Oracle Text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Choose a nonland card name. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pile On](/printing/pile-on-mom.md) — Instant
2. [Endless Obedience](/printing/endless-obedience-znc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Meeting of Minds](/printing/meeting-of-minds-mom.md) — Instant
4. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Unmake the Graves](/printing/unmake-the-graves-m15.md) — Instant
6. [Chord of Calling](/printing/chord-of-calling-m15.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Pioneer Masters (PIO) #339
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jason Rainville
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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