Drill Bit
Sorcery
Spectacle 
(You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #22426
Drill Bit strips a card from an opponent's hand for one mana when you've attacked — the spectacle cost makes it one of the most efficient discard spells available. If you're consistently hitting players in combat, this is a one-mana Thoughtseize without the life loss.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Drill Bit is a niche inclusion — hand disruption is weakest in a four-player game where you're only taxing one opponent's options while the other two remain untouched. It fits best in aggressive red-black decks that are already attacking every turn, where spectacle is trivially online and the one-mana cost is nearly free. In Modern and Legacy, Drill Bit competes in earnest: aggressive black shells can reliably trigger spectacle on turn two, making it a real Thoughtseize variant in decks that want redundancy. Pioneer is the friendliest non-rotating home for it, where the discard suite is thinner and a one-mana conditional looks comparatively strong.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Drill Bit is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow spectacle condition rather than its ceiling, and there's no realistic pressure pushing it higher.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.