---
name: "Extortion"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "135"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "8841fdb9-0565-4ef5-814c-293c14242741"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/extortion-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Extortion
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at target player's hand and choose up to two cards from it. That player discards those cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blackmail](/printing/blackmail-9ed.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Warp](/printing/mind-warp-fnm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Distress](/printing/distress-10e.md) — Sorcery
4. [Coercion](/printing/coercion-tmp.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Duress](/printing/duress-xln.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #135
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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