---
name: "Thought Erasure"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "GRN-206"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anna Steinbauer"
oracle_id: "4bae4e34-fcf4-4aee-8da2-5b3ee41a595a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thought-erasure-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Thought Erasure
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *"It's truly the highest honor, isn't it? To be remembered? Pity for you."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Thoughtseize](/printing/thoughtseize-otp.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery
4. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
5. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #GRN-206
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anna Steinbauer
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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