Tainted Pact
Odyssey 164 • rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 164
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Market price
- $41.77
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 was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a high-risk, high-reward card, it reflects the set's thematic focus on the graveyard and the mechanics of exiling cards from the library to manipulate game states. The design intent was to provide black-aligned players with a powerful, albeit dangerous, tutor effect that forces a player to gamble with their own resources to find a specific answer.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose work often features the dark, atmospheric gothic aesthetics prevalent in Magic: The Gathering during that era. The artwork captures the grim, transactional nature of the pact through visceral imagery. Upon release, it was regarded as a niche but potent tool for combo-oriented decks, eventually finding a stable and respected home in eternal formats like Commander, where its unique deck-building constraint became a hallmark of the card's longevity.
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