---
name: "Distress"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "10E"
set_name: "Tenth Edition"
collector_number: "136"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Michael Sutfin"
oracle_id: "7bb1b48b-aa6b-4064-9355-c43b0f509388"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distress-10e"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

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

> *"They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I like to break windows and take what's inside."
—Braids, dementia summoner*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Duress](/printing/duress-xln.md) — Sorcery
2. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
4. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery
5. [Encroach](/printing/encroach-uds.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tenth Edition (10E) #136
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Michael Sutfin
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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