Duress
Dragons of Tarkir 98 • common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Collector number
- 98
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jason Rainville
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Sarkhan was eager to take vengeance on Zurgo until he saw how lowly his old foe had become.
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 is one of the most recognizable sorceries in Magic: The Gathering, first appearing in the Urza's Saga set in 1998. It was designed as a fundamental tool for black decks, providing a low-cost mechanism for hand disruption that forces an opponent to reveal their hand and discard a noncreature, nonland card. Over the decades, it has been reprinted in numerous core sets and expansions, serving as a staple of competitive play due to its efficiency in navigating control and combo-heavy metagames.
The version from Dragons of Tarkir, illustrated by Jason Rainville, features a dramatic depiction that emphasizes the card's theme of forced revelation and psychological pressure. Rainville's aesthetic for this iteration leans into the dark, visceral tone of the Tarkir plane, capturing the moment of intrusive influence. Upon its release in this set, the card was widely praised for its utility in limited and standard environments, maintaining its status as a foundational card that teaches players the importance of tactical hand manipulation.
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