---
name: "Struggle for Sanity"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "145"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "5c0f63ad-4bb1-479e-9760-5421265da40b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/struggle-for-sanity-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. That player exiles a card from it, then you exile a card from it. Repeat this process until all cards in that hand have been exiled. That player returns the cards they exiled this way to their hand and puts the rest into their graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
3. [Reap Intellect](/printing/reap-intellect-dgm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Agonizing Remorse](/printing/agonizing-remorse-thb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Suppress](/printing/suppress-apc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #145
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **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`