Mind Extraction
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This printing
SetAPC
Collector #42
Released2001-06-04
Raritycommon
ArtistAdam Rex
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Mind Extraction

CommonColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of each of the sacrificed creature's colors.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc15 Apr 2013
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
wotc15 Apr 2013
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If you sacrifice a multicolored creature, all cards that share at least one color with the creature are discarded.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If you sacrifice a colorless creature, you get to see their hand but they discard no cards.