Duress
Core Set 2020 97 • common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Collector number
- 97
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Resistance is unthinkable.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Duress first appeared in the Urza's Saga expansion in 1998, designed by Mark Rosewater as a black-aligned disruption spell meant to give players a way to interact with an opponent's hand. Its function—forcing a player to reveal their hand and discard a non-creature, non-land card—established it as a quintessential tool for strategic hand control in Magic: The Gathering.
The Core Set 2020 printing, collector number 97, features iconic illustration by Seb McKinnon. McKinnon’s approach leans into the eerie and surreal aesthetic he is known for, depicting a spectral figure pulling at the psyche of a target. This version was well-received by the player base for its evocative art style, which departed from the more literal interpretations of the card seen in previous reprints.
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