Forced March
Mercadian Masques 136 • rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- Market price
- $0.96
What it does
Destroy all creatures with mana value X or less.
The Caterans call it a screening process. The dead are in no condition to argue.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forced March was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set drew inspiration from the plane of Mercadia, a world defined by its mercantile culture and goblin-dominated trade routes, marking a thematic departure from the high-fantasy tropes of preceding sets. This specific card was designed as a black-aligned sorcery intended to serve as a scalable board-wipe mechanic, allowing players to manipulate the battlefield by destroying creatures with a specific converted mana cost.
The artwork for Forced March was created by Greg Staples, an illustrator known for his atmospheric and often gothic contributions to the game. Staples utilized a dark, gritty palette to convey the fatigue and overwhelming pressure suggested by the card's name and mechanical function. Upon its release, the card was viewed by players as a specialized tool for control archetypes, valued for its ability to clear away swarms of low-cost creatures in competitive tournament play.
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