Traitor's Clutch
Time Spiral 137 • common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 137
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Dave Allsop
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Flashback 1 generic mana black mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Traitor's Clutch was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral set, an expansion for Magic: The Gathering that heavily leaned into nostalgia by revisiting mechanics and themes from the game's earliest years. Within the lore and mechanics of the set, the card represents the recurring theme of temporal distortion, functioning as a sorcery that provides both a temporary boost to a creature and a flash-back utility, allowing players to reuse the effect from their graveyard.
The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, a prolific illustrator whose style is characterized by a strong sense of atmospheric lighting and dynamic character poses. Moeller's depiction captures the shadowy, manipulative nature of the spell, fitting the aesthetic of black-aligned magic within the game. At the time of its release, the card was received as a functional, mid-tier utility piece that contributed to the set's complex draft environment, though it did not fundamentally reshape the competitive landscape of the game.
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