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Thought Distortion

Sorcery4 generic manaBlack manaBlack mana

Six mana to strip an opponent of every noncreature spell they are holding, and every noncreature spell in their graveyard too, with a rider that keeps the play from being stopped: this is discard scaled up to answer combo and control at their own game. Most black hand disruption operates on the early turns, trading one card for one card before either player has committed. This works the other way around, arriving late and taking everything at once. Against a deck built to win off a graveyard of buybacks, flashbacks, and recursion, exiling the yard alongside the hand closes the door that ordinary discard leaves open. The design keeps the cost honest by targeting only noncreature, nonland cards: a creature deck barely notices it, and the six-mana price means it does nothing to develop your own board. What you are buying is a reset button against a specific kind of opponent, the one whose whole plan lives in cards they have not cast yet. The uncounterable clause matters most against the deck this is aimed at, since a control mirror or a permission-heavy combo shell would otherwise simply hold up the answer. It is a sledgehammer sculpted for one job, and against anything that is not stockpiling noncreature resources, it is a blank.

Thought Distortion (m20)
M20 · #117uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.25
Foil: $0.47
Oracle Text

Rules text

This spell can't be countered. Target opponent reveals their hand. Exile all noncreature, nonland cards from that player's hand and graveyard.
Legalities

Format Status

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