Overwhelming Forces
Overwhelming Forces: Sorcery, Portal Three Kingdoms. Destroy all creatures target opponent controls. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK)
- Released
- 1999-05-01
- Collector number
- 79
- Artist
- Gao Yan
- Commander rank
- 9,902 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Overwhelming Forces
Overwhelming Forces is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK), a starter set released in May 1999. It is collector number 79 in that set, with art by Gao Yan. It costs {6}{B}{B} (six generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Portal Three Kingdoms (1999) to Breaking News (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $77.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Destroy all creatures target opponent controls. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
By the year 208, Cao Cao commanded more than 1,000 experienced generals and a million infantry, cavalry, and naval troops.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $77.32 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Overwhelming Forces by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Overwhelming Forces
Overwhelming Forces has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (OTP) #17 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #69 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2013 (J13) #6 | Rare | 2013 |
| Masters Edition IV (ME4) #92 | Rare | 2011 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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