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Distress
Champions of Kamigawa Common
Reviewed October 18, 2004
Constructed: 2.4
Casual: 1.9
Limited: 2.4
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Scott
Gerhardt
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The new Duress, only it
can get a creature too. For my money, I like
having the ability to zap a critter, bascially
knowing that you WILL get the best card in their
hand. I think that it's a natural fit in black
control, and will see play.
In limited, it still
gets the best card, but that's not as good since
their best card might not be THAT great. I'd
play if I needed a black card, though
Constructed: 4
Limited: 3 |
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
A slight twist on
Duress. In certain decks, a compliment
to it. Distress requires you to be seriously
playing heavy black, were duress did not, however.
So, for mono Black control, this fits.
In casual, you could
go for a heavy discard theme, but I've found that
heavy discard peters out after your opponent
catches on, and they just make sure they play out
their hand each turn. Then you have a whole
lotta useless stuff in your hand and library. =/
In limited, it's
filler for heavy Black decks.
Constructed:
2.5
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 2.5
Current Price:
Distress -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$0.91
Combos
Well With:
Duress -
7th Edition - $1.87
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Mmmmm, Discard. The
real "flagship" discard of 9th Edition, as
Blackmail just sucks. (Why you people picked
Blackmail over Addle, I'll never know.)
For 2 mana, you get
to hit any non-land card in their hand. Will
sneak through most countermagic, unless they
really want to protect something. I know, 2
black mana doesn't get you as much as far as
discard goes these days. That's why it will
never be a part of casual ... people will just
play Duress and Hymn to Tourach there instead.
But for Standard, a great card to have for the
next 2 years.
In limited, if they
have a bomb you can't handle, maybe a sideboard
card. I wouldn't play this main deck though.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 2.5
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Distress
This card is a suboptimal attempt to recreate
Duress. In limited play, this
card only fits in decks with lots of black mana,
and even then only when you
have no better card to include. Discard is a weak
strategy for limited play.
In constructed, Distress may be a better fit, but
once again, this card's
double black casting cost limits its overall
usefulness. In constructed
formats where you do not have Duress available to
you, Distress may be an
acceptable alternative.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.0
CASUAL: 2.5
LIMITED: 2.5 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Distress
Personally, I do not
think that the advantages of Duress make it so
much better that I want to play an extra black
mana for it, and when I compare it to Hymn to
Tourach, it really depresses me. Distress isn’t a
horrible card; it just doesn’t excite me in the
same way that, while Coercion doesn’t do anything
for me, I still find myself playing it
occasionally.
Constructed:
1
Casual:
1
Limited:
2
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
OK, so this card isn't
a Duress. But it's close. Faster decks may not
like it. However, control style black deck will
probably appreciate it more. It is definitely
limited playable. Casual players most likely won't
care for it, when there are a ton of better
options.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 2.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Distress --
This card can be summed up into one word -- "Eh".
It's nothing special, but I can't call it a
horrible card. It used to cost 2B when it was
Coercion, so it has dropped in price. It should go
without saying, though, that this is not a Duress
or Therapy.
R&D seems to be a bit against printing anything
*too* powerful in the Discard Department these
days, so I suppose this is about as good as it
will get for a while.
In limited, I might play this card, but it really
depends on how bad the rest of my draft / sealed
looks. It is definitely a 20th or more card.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 1.5 [so many better options]
Limited Rating: 2.0 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Distress
A non-splashable middle ground between duress and
coercion, it could be
called a black counterspell, for that is what it
equates to in a lot of
situations. It's pro-active... but they don't
have to waste their turn
casting the spell. In environments that don't
include duress or therapy,
this card should be just fine as something of a
replacement.
constructed 2.5
casual 3
limited 3
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