Cerebral Confiscation
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.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16702
Cerebral Confiscation exiles a card from an opponent's hand and lets you cast it for free — raw card advantage stapled to disruption. The catch is the three-mana cost and the single-target scope, but in Tinybones, Bauble Burglar builds where opponents are already being stripped bare, it routinely takes the best thing on the board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar triggers off opponents discarding and casting spells from outside their hand, so Cerebral Confiscation does double duty — it fuels the discard trigger and then hands you a free spell to fire off, potentially triggering Tinybones again if you cast it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cerebral Confiscation shines in discard-focused shells where opponents are already resource-starved and you can reliably hit something powerful with the exile effect. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, the three-mana cost to snag one card is a steep ask when Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek exist at one mana — Cerebral Confiscation simply can't compete at that rate. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a three-mana disruptive spell to matter outside of very specific shells. Pauper and Standard are where it can carve out niche roles if the metagame hands you high-value targets worth casting for free.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Cerebral Confiscation is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap acquisition for any discard build. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay in this range, so don't expect movement unless a Tinybones, Bauble Burglar spike drives sudden demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.