Divest
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #13971
Divest strips an artifact or creature from an opponent's hand for a single black mana — narrow by design, but that narrowness is the point. In any deck that rewards discard triggers or wants to pick apart creature-combo hands, it pulls its weight cleanly; outside those contexts, Thoughtseize hits harder.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
Tergrid, God of Fright turns every discard spell into a theft engine, and Divest is one of the cheapest ways to feed it — yanking a creature or artifact from an opponent's grip puts that permanent directly onto your side of the battlefield.
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar cares about opponents discarding cards with specific mana costs, and Divest's surgical targeting lets you pick the exact artifact or creature that triggers the payoff you need.
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
Tinybones, the Pickpocket wants opponents emptying their hands, and Divest contributes a one-mana discard hit that also exposes what else opponents are holding before you decide what to steal on attack.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Divest is a niche role-player — it earns its slot in dedicated discard builds like Tergrid, God of Fright, but most black decks would rather run a spell that hits any card type. In Pauper, one-mana discard at common is a real commodity and Divest sees occasional sideboard use against artifact-heavy or creature-combo strategies. Modern and Legacy have enough unconditional discard that Divest almost never makes the cut maindeck, though the artifact clause gives it marginal sideboard consideration against affinity-style shells. Pioneer sits in the same boat — functional but outclassed by broader options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Divest is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box without a second thought. Bulk commons rarely move on price, so there's no reason to buy more than you immediately need.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tergrid, God of Fright
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
- Tinybones, the Pickpocket
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.