wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #42
Mind Extraction
apc·#42·common·foil
Illus. Adam Rex
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wishlisted
Jun '01
25 yr ago
Value
$2.12+$2 (+1077.8%)
30 days high $2.12 · low $0.17
Volatility · high
EUR€4.62TIX0.04 tixUSD$2.12
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #27,040 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
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.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
wotc
If you sacrifice a colorless creature, you get to see their hand but they discard no cards.
Context
Last observed at $2.12, up from $0.18 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $5.99 across 576 observations. Headline volatility reads high. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 56 minutes ago at $2.12.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from APC — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Apocalypse* (released June 2001).
Card #42 in Apocalypse.
Rarity tier: common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #27,040 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Adam Rex. Rarix tracks 486 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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