---
name: "Compelling Deterrence"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "fb0c9048-73ee-434b-a018-dbfbe32e56f5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/compelling-deterrence-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Compelling Deterrence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card if you control a Zombie.

> *"So much for neighborly hospitality!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Callous Dismissal](/printing/callous-dismissal-war.md) — Sorcery
2. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
3. [Recoil](/printing/recoil-dmr.md) — Instant
4. [Disperse](/printing/disperse-mor.md) — Instant
5. [Leave in the Dust](/printing/leave-in-the-dust-jmp.md) — Instant
6. [Eject](/printing/eject-fin.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #57
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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