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Brainbite

Sorcery2 generic manaBlue manaBlack mana

Targeted discard with a cantrip stapled on, sold at four mana because the card it costs you to play comes right back. The math is the whole pitch: a Mind Rot pulls two cards but leaves you down on resources, while a clean Coercion costs you the card you spend casting it. Here the replacement draw zeroes out that cost, so the spell is pure information advantage. You see the opponent's hand, you take the worst card for you (the removal, the sweeper, the combo piece), and you refill to the same card count you started with. The premium over a Duress or a Despise is the price of color, instant access to the full hand, and the cantrip that keeps you from falling behind on the exchange. The tension built into this kind of effect is symmetry of pace: it strips a card but never threatens the board, so it has to earn its slot by hitting something that would otherwise win. That makes it a card-neutral, hand-shaping tool rather than a swing, the sort of spell that reads as low-impact in a vacuum and overperforms whenever knowing and removing one specific card decides the turn it gets cast.

Brainbite (arb)
ARB · #18common
Pricing
Normal: $0.17
Foil: $0.19
Oracle Text

Rules text

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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