Distress

Targeted discard has always been an exercise in what the spell is allowed to take, and where this one sits is its whole identity. Duress reaches only the noncreature half of a hand; Thoughtseize grabs any nonland card but charges a life payment for the privilege. This one splits the difference: it can pull any nonland card, creature or otherwise, but stops short of touching the manabase, and it costs a life total nothing. The double-black symbol is the second restriction, anchoring the effect to decks already committed to the color rather than letting it splash in as generic disruption, and that commitment buys reach Duress lacks: where Duress whiffs against a hand stacked with threats, this one always sees the most dangerous card and removes it. The lands clause is what keeps the spell honest. Against a hand of nothing but lands you still resolve it (the spell targets the player, not a card in their grip), but you simply have nothing worth taking; the disruption goes dead exactly when the opponent is at their weakest. And the choice is yours, not a blind name on an unrevealed hand: the cards are face up, so you select with full information. This is hand attack stripped to its frame, a design that gets reprinted and re-skinned across eras precisely because it asks no questions and offers no frills: reveal, pick, discard, move on.