Extract a Confession

one generic mana one black mana Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If evidence was collected, instead each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control.

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Extract a Confession rulings

2024-02-02
Starting with the next opponent in turn order (or, if you cast Extract a Confession on an opponent's turn, starting with the opponent whose turn it is) and proceeding in turn order, each opponent chooses a creature they control to sacrifice. Then those creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
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If evidence was collected and an opponent has multiple creatures tied for the greatest power, that player chooses which one to sacrifice.
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If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
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Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.

Extract a Confession keyword rules

Collect evidence Rule 701.57

To “collect evidence N” means to exile any number of cards from your graveyard with total mana value N or greater.

If a player is given the choice to collect evidence but is unable to exile cards with total mana value N or greater from their graveyard (usually because there aren’t enough cards to do so) they can’t choose to collect evidence.

A spell that has an ability that allows a player to collect evidence as an additional cost to cast it may have another ability that refers to whether evidence was collected. These abilities are linked. See rule , “Linked Abilities.”