Target player discards two cards.
Overload {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Spells of madness often require a sacrifice of sanity.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
wotc
If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
wotc
If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
Notes
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To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
wotc
While most spells with overload affect only permanents you control or only permanents your opponents control, Mind Rake affects all players, including you, if it's overloaded.