First printed in Dissension (2006)
Sorcery
Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand. That player discards a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.
To the Rakdos, the fun is in the shakedown. The loot is usually discarded.
- Illustrated by
- Jim Nelson
Brain Pry legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- You name the card during Brain Pry’s resolution, then the player reveals their hand and discards if appropriate. There is no way for the player to do anything between you naming the card and the player discarding.
- If you target yourself with this spell, you must reveal your entire hand to the other players just as any other player would.
Prices
Paper price: €0.07 / $0.16 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).