---
name: "Unmask"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "V16"
set_name: "From the Vault: Lore"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "1a3a274d-41da-47db-ad41-5720f36a7963"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unmask-v16"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unmask
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Blackmail](/printing/blackmail-9ed.md) — Sorcery
3. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
4. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
6. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** From the Vault: Lore (V16) #15
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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