---
name: "Strongarm Tactics"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "173"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "04ec6f72-8b7e-487b-b075-84276cd6ecfd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strongarm-tactics-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Strongarm Tactics
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player discards a card. Then each player who didn't discard a creature card this way loses 4 life.

> *„Falls du deine Spielschulden nicht bezahlen kannst, könntest du morgen die Hauptattraktion des Kolosseums werden."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stronghold Discipline](/printing/stronghold-discipline-10e.md) — Sorcery
2. [Rankle's Prank](/printing/rankles-prank-pwoe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dark Deal](/printing/dark-deal-sld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Tyrannize](/printing/tyrannize-shm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Delirium Skeins](/printing/delirium-skeins-dis.md) — Sorcery
6. [Davriel's Shadowfugue](/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #173
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 9 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: `legal`