---
name: "Duress"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WC99"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1999"
collector_number: "js132"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lawrence Snelly"
oracle_id: "33d405ea-7a9a-4970-b70f-9c05d90dd6f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duress-wc99"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Duress
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

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

> *"We decide who is worthy of our works."
—Gix, Yawgmoth praetor*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
2. [Despise](/printing/despise-ktk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Coercion](/printing/coercion-tmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lay Bare the Heart](/printing/lay-bare-the-heart-akh.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dark Inquiry](/printing/dark-inquiry-rix.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #js132
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lawrence Snelly
- **Total Printings:** 193 across all historical editions

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