Coercion
Beatdown Box Set 20 • common
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Collector number
- 20
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
"There's very little that escapes me, Greven. And you will escape very little if you fail."— Volrath
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Coercion was introduced in the 2000 Beatdown Box Set, a product designed by Wizards of the Coast to provide a ready-to-play experience for Magic: The Gathering. As a blue sorcery card, its inclusion in this set was intended to bolster the utility of pre-constructed decks, offering players a way to look at an opponent's hand and discard a card. The card features artwork by Mike Dringenberg, whose illustrative style emphasizes the thematic sense of mental manipulation inherent to the color blue in the game's color pie.
The Beatdown Box Set served as an entry point for many players during the game's formative years, focusing on aggressive and reactive strategies. Coercion was received as a functional, if standard, tool for hand disruption, often analyzed by players for its efficiency compared to black-aligned discard effects. Its design remains consistent with the era's focus on creating accessible interactions that define the foundational mechanics of the trading card game.
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