Psychic Spear
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a Spirit or Arcane card from it. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30958
Psychic Spear strips a nonland card from an opponent's hand and lets you scry 1 for a single black mana — that's a cheap, clean effect. It's a role-player, not a staple, but the ceiling is high enough in discard-synergy shells to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Psychic Spear is a niche inclusion — one-for-one discard is weakest in a four-player format where the other two opponents keep their hands untouched, so it belongs in dedicated discard or Spellslinger builds that reward the scry or punish hand size. In Pauper, the one-mana cost and scry 1 make Psychic Spear genuinely competitive in black control shells that want cheap hand disruption. Legacy and Vintage have access to Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek, so Psychic Spear doesn't crack those lists. Oathbreaker is the other shell worth noting — the tighter player count makes targeted discard sting more, and a one-mana spell with upside fits easily under low curve constraints.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Psychic Spear sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the slot in your deck. That price is stable by definition; bulk commons don't crater further, and there's no meaningful demand spike coming for a card this replaceable.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.