Coercion
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #21721
Coercion trades one card for a look at your opponent's hand and the permanent removal of their best card — but three mana at sorcery speed is a steep price for a one-for-one discard effect with no upside. Targeted discard is narrow enough in Commander that better options exist at every price point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Coercion is fighting an uphill battle: you're hitting one player's hand while two others untouched, which makes sorcery-speed discard a poor rate for a 100-card singleton format. Pauper is the one context where Coercion is worth a conversation — the card pool is shallow enough that stripping a key piece from a combo hand matters, though even there it competes with cheaper options like Duress and Despise. In Legacy and Vintage the format is simply too fast and the discard competition too strong for Coercion to see play. Oathbreaker sharpens the political angles slightly, but the sorcery timing still punishes you.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Coercion is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and will stay there. There's no scarcity or spike potential driving the price up, so picking up a copy is painless, but the price reflects the card's ceiling accurately.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.