---
name: "Thought Hemorrhage"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chippy"
oracle_id: "5cc4ee18-675e-4707-b658-ec746a1c03d8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thought-hemorrhage-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thought Hemorrhage
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand. Thought Hemorrhage deals 3 damage to that player for each card with the chosen name revealed this way. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lobotomy](/printing/lobotomy-wc01.md) — Sorcery
2. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Brain Pry](/printing/brain-pry-dis.md) — Sorcery
6. [Thoughtseize](/printing/thoughtseize-otp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #47
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chippy
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`