MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #55

Compelling Deterrence

DIGITAL ONLY

sir·#55·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Seb McKinnon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,633 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card if you control a Zombie.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2025-01-24wotc

The card returned to its owner’s hand may be the card they discard. If it’s the only card in that player’s hand, it must be discarded if you control a Zombie.

2025-01-24wotc

Compelling Deterrence checks to see if you control a Zombie after the target nonland permanent is returned to its owner’s hand. For example, if you target the only Zombie you control with Compelling Deterrence, you won’t discard a card.

2025-01-24wotc

If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Compelling Deterrence tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will discard a card.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #55 of *Shadows over Innistrad Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows over Innistrad Remastered release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,633 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Seb McKinnon. Rarix catalogs 578 other cards credited to this artist.