Extract The Truth (SNC)

Extract The Truth
Casting Cost: {1} {b}
Card type: Sorcery
Card Text:
Choose One -

• Target opponent reveals Their Hand. You May Choose A Creature, Enchantment, Or Planeswalker Card From It. That player discards that card.
• Target opponent Sacrifices an Enchantment.
  Artist: Josu Hernaiz

Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:

  • Highly Versatile, Able to Either Force A Discard or Remove An Enchantment.
  • Low Mana Cost Makes It Easy to Fit Into A Curve.
  • Can target key threats in an opponent's hand or on the battlefield.

• Weaknesses:

  • Can't deal with instants or sorceries in the opponent's hand.
  • The Enchantment Sacrifice Option is situational.

Deck Utility:

• Control or midrange decks: Useful for early game Disruption and Late-game targeted removal of threats.

• Discard strategies: Synergizes with cards that punish opponents for discarding or having a narrower hand.

• Enchantment hate: Useful in Metagames Where Enchantments Are Prevalent.

Interactions and Combos:

• Waste Not: Benefits from Making the opponent discard a card.

• Liliana's Caress/Megrim: Deal damage to the opponent when they discard.

• Stony Silence/Rest in Peace: Can remove problematic enchantments that other cards can't deal with.

Flavor and Lore:

• The card's artwork and name suggest a dark form of interrogation, fitting for a card that delves into an opponent's hand or forces a sacrifice.

Overall impression:

"Extract the truth" is a versatile Disruption card that can fit into an Various decks and strategies. While its Enchantment Removal is situational, The Option to Force A Discard Makes It A Flexible Card To Have In Many Game States. It works best in decks that can capitalize on either or its fodes.