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◇ Catalog #52

Compelling Deterrence

soi·#52·uncommon·foil

Illus. Seb McKinnon

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Apr '16

10 yr ago

Value

$0.39+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.40 · low $0.37

NM$0.39

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.36–$0.41modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.44low $0.03range 1366.7%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,633 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.39

Nonfoil$0.10

Gameplay

Instant

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

"So much for neighborly hospitality!"

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.39. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.44 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOI — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #52 of *Shadows over Innistrad*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2016 Shadows over Innistrad 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.