Prying Questions
Sorcery
Target opponent loses 3 life and puts a card from their hand on top of their library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29086
Prying Questions strips three cards from the top of an opponent's library and forces a discard, all for two mana — that's a tempo hit and a resource denial in one shot. It's a niche tool, not a staple, but in dedicated discard or mill shells it punches above its cost.
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, Prying Questions is too narrow for most 99s — milling three in a 100-card format is negligible, and single-target discard loses value with three opponents. It earns a slot in dedicated discard commanders like Tinybones, Trinket Thief or Nekusar, the Mindrazer, where each effect chains into payoffs. In constructed formats like Modern and Legacy it can't compete with Thoughtseize or Inquisition of Kozilek, which hit hand before the card is even played. Pioneer is the same story — the card simply doesn't have the raw power to see competitive play in any 60-card context.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Prying Questions is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no pressure to acquire it and no reason to expect the price to move given its narrow application.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.