Strategic Betrayal
Tarkir: Dragonstorm 422 • uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Collector number
- 422
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Flavio Greco Paglia
- Market price
- $0.45
What it does
Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.
As Sultai blades threatened Qatros city walls, Mehtma of House Fenzala turned her weapons on her political rivals.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Strategic Betrayal was released as part of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm set, an expansion that revisits the time-shifting, war-torn plane of Tarkir. The card functions as a sorcery, embodying the political volatility and shifting loyalties characteristic of the setting’s dragon-ruled timeline. It was designed to provide players with a tactical tool for manipulating opponent resources, fitting into the set's broader mechanical focus on strategic deception and color-aligned utility.
The artwork was commissioned from Flavio Greco Paglia, who utilized his signature style to depict the visceral nature of high-stakes political maneuvering within the world of Magic: The Gathering. His illustration aims to capture the moment of a sudden alliance collapse, using dramatic lighting and composition to emphasize the card's theme. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard uncommon utility piece, noted by players for its situational application in limited formats and its contribution to the atmospheric world-building of the Tarkir block.
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