MTG Salvation

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Lay Bare the Heart
1B
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

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Didn't see a thread for this so thought I'd take the initiative.

Lay Bare the Heart may not be for tight, smaller lists but larger cubes are always looking for more targeted discard effects. My 630 cube has 60 legendary non-targets, five of which are lands you couldn't grab anyways. So you'll whiff every now and then, but there's way more targets than something like Collective Brutality.

Thoughts?

I don't want to spend 2 mana to get rid of one card.

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I don't want to spend 2 mana to get rid of one card.

On top of that, we already have Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Despise, and Duress, and after that how much discard do you need? This hits everything, but the cost difference really is huge.

Transgress the Mind is better.

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Transgress the Mind is better.

Is it actually? I would want to see a number comparison of targets hit.

If you don't want to pay for Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek, this card is not bad. It definitely seems better than Transgress the mind. This is not going to rock any worlds, but compared to the other one mana options of Duress and Despise, it hits a lot more targets. This seems like it's more for budget cubes than anything. My hand disruption isn't phenominal, so I'll probably play this.

I like it in large lists, same with transgress.

I've tested Transgress the Mind and it played poorly. I do not think this is better. I don't feel saturated with the effect at all, but two mana makes a huge difference over one.