Tainted Pact
Strixhaven Mystical Archive 33 • mythic
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Collector number
- 33
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Benjamin Ee
- Market price
- $30.34
What it does
Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tainted Pact originally debuted in the 2001 Odyssey expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed to offer black-aligned players a high-risk, high-reward method of tutoring for specific cards. The card requires the player to exile cards from the top of their library until they choose to stop or reveal a duplicate, punishing deck-building greed while providing a powerful selection tool in competitive formats.
The version from the Strixhaven Mystical Archive, collector number 33, features a distinct aesthetic departure from the original. Designed to reflect the scholarly and arcane atmosphere of Strixhaven University, the artwork utilizes a premium, frame-specific illustration style intended to evoke the feel of an ancient, forbidden grimoire found within the school's vast library. This archival series was widely praised by the community for its thematic cohesion and its commitment to diverse, stylized artistic interpretations of iconic spells.
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