Compelling Deterrence
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #55 (uncommon)
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card if you control a Zombie.
Compelling Deterrence has 4 printings, first in Shadows over Innistrad (2016). EDHREC ranks it #17,237 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gisa and Geralf decks (453 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Compelling Deterrence most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gisa and Geralf: 453 decks
- Geralf, the Fleshwright: 308 decks
- Grimgrin, Corpse-Born: 269 decks
- Geralf, Visionary Stitcher: 192 decks
- Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet: 56 decks
- Stitcher Geralf: 38 decks
- Mistform Ultimus: 16 decks
Often played with Compelling Deterrence
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.