---
name: "Coercion"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "common"
artist: "DiTerlizzi"
oracle_id: "68413337-ddb9-46f8-8c8e-f3d2d672c652"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/coercion-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Coercion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.

> *„Menschliche Zärtlichkeit ist nichts naderes als hübsch verpackte Verweichlichkeit."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Duress](/printing/duress-xln.md) — Sorcery
2. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery
4. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tourach's Canticle](/printing/tourachs-canticle-mh2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #122
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** DiTerlizzi
- **Total Printings:** 61 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`