---
name: "Subcontract"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Hector Ortiz"
oracle_id: "ce9a7e3f-ec9b-4258-ba32-9603f9a9c18c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/subcontract-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
A person outside the game looks at target opponent's hand and chooses a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

> *Martha was in and out in exactly two minutes—thirty seconds to administer the poison plus a minute and a half to properly refold the napkins.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Encroach](/printing/encroach-uds.md) — Sorcery
4. [Binding Negotiation](/printing/binding-negotiation-otj.md) — Sorcery
5. [Pilfer](/printing/pilfer-dmu.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Hector Ortiz

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