1 – 20 of 101 cards where the text includes “target” and the text includes “player” and the text includes “discards” and the colors is B and the card types include “sorcery”
Abandon Hope {X}{1}{B}
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Look at target opponent’s hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.
As Gerrard’s form vanished into the maw of trees, Hanna mouthed a silent plea, mourning a crushed dream.
Illustrated by Alan Pollack
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Addle {1}{B}
Sorcery
Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card.
“I’ll wring out your tiny mind like a sponge.”
—Urborg witch
Illustrated by Ron Spears
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Aggressive Sabotage {2}{B}
Sorcery
Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.)
Target player discards two cards. If this spell was kicked, it deals 3 damage to that player.
Squee’s orders basically came down to “attack the squishy parts.”
Illustrated by Daarken
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Blackmail {B}
Sorcery
Target player reveals three cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card.
In addition to killing peasants, punishing subordinates, and raising an army of nightmares, Braids somehow found time for her favorite hobby: petty extortion.
Illustrated by Christopher Moeller
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Bog Down {2}{B}
Sorcery
Kicker—Sacrifice two lands. (You may sacrifice two lands in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Target player discards two cards. If this spell was kicked, that player discards three cards instead.
Illustrated by Andrew Goldhawk
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Brain Pry {1}{B}
Sorcery
Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand. That player discards a card with that name. If they can’t, you draw a card.
To the Rakdos, the fun is in the shakedown. The loot is usually discarded.
Illustrated by Jim Nelson
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Cabal Therapy {B}
Sorcery
Choose a nonland card name. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that name.
Flashback—Sacrifice a creature. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Illustrated by Raymond Swanland
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cerebral Confiscation {2}{B}
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Target opponent discards two cards.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
“Never rely on secondhand description. Always review the memory yourself.”
—Lazav
Illustrated by Lius Lasahido
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Chain of Smog {1}{B}
Sorcery
Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Illustrated by Greg Staples
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Coercion {2}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
“There’s very little that escapes me, Greven. And you will escape very little if you fail.”
—Volrath
Illustrated by Pete Venters
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Collective Brutality {1}{B}
Sorcery
Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Illustrated by Johann Bodin
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cry of Contrition {B}
Sorcery
Target player discards a card.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature Cry of Contrition haunts dies, target player discards a card.
Watermark: Orzhov
Illustrated by Daren Bader
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Dark Inquiry {2}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
“Your mind is no longer yours to waste.”
Illustrated by Naomi Baker
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Davriel's Shadowfugue {3}{B}
Sorcery
Target player discards two cards and loses 2 life.
Shadows coiled around the witness’s mind. Then the moment vanished, leaving only the sting of its loss.
Illustrated by Daarken
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Despise {B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.
“You have returned from fire, traitor. This time I will see you leave as ashes.”
—Zurgo, to Sarkhan Vol
Illustrated by Todd Lockwood
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Devour Intellect {B}
Sorcery
Target opponent discards a card. If mana from a Treasure was spent to cast this spell, instead that player reveals their hand, you choose a nonland card from it, then that player discards that card.
“I’ll know what you know soon enough.”
—Nihiloor, Xanathar Guild spymaster
Illustrated by Steven Russell Black
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Diplomacy of the Wastes {2}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. If you control a Warrior, that player loses 2 life.
“Our emissaries are gifted negotiators.”
—Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Illustrated by Jack Wang
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Distress {B}{B}
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
“Of course I’m sure I’ve gone mad. The little man who crawled out of my eye was quite clear on this.”
Illustrated by Michael C. Hayes
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Divest {B}
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.
Flittersprites collect unusually valuable things: coins of fallen empires, baby teeth, and memories of treasured names.
Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Down for Repairs {2}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Destroy up to one target Attraction that player controls. (It’s put into their junkyard.)
Safety twelfth.
Illustrated by Igor Grechanyi
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal