Strategic Betrayal (Standard)
Strategic Betrayal appears in 42.2% of Standard decks in the last 30 days (173 decks), averaging 1.3 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Dimir Midrange.
Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
Share of decks
42.2%
▲ 23.1
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
173
73 main, 166 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.3
in the main deck
Win rate
65%
14 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | – |
| 2026-08-13 | – |
| 2026-08-20 | – |
| 2026-08-27 | – |
| 2026-09-03 | 20.6% |
| 2026-09-10 | 13.0% |
| 2026-09-17 | 20.6% |
| 2026-09-24 | 27.3% |
| 2026-10-01 | 28.6% |
| 2026-10-08 | 27.8% |
| 2026-10-15 | 28.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 46.6% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Bitter Triumph | 88% | 3.3 |
| Requiting Hex | 88% | 2.9 |
| Watery Grave | 86% | 3.5 |
| Gloomlake Verge | 81% | 3.6 |
| Shipwreck Marsh | 79% | 4.7 |
| Restless Reef | 78% | 4.1 |
| Theorix Charm | 62% | 4.7 |
| Duress | 59% | 4.6 |
| The Theorist, Jace Beleren | 59% | 3.0 |
| Deceit | 58% | 4.1 |
| Seasoned Cryomancer | 58% | 4.0 |
| Superior Spider-Man | 58% | 4.0 |
| Uldaros Theorix | 55% | 4.8 |
| Deadly Cover-Up | 55% | 4.4 |
| Winternight Stories | 53% | 4.1 |
| Cavern of Souls | 53% | 2.2 |
| Undercity Sewers | 52% | 4.4 |
| Overlord of the Balemurk | 52% | 4.1 |
| Multiversal Passage | 45% | 1.3 |
| Spell Snare | 42% | 2.7 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Dimir Midrange | 11.1% | 100% |
| UB (unclassified) | 10.7% | 97% |
| Orzhov Lifegain | 10.2% | 79% |
| BRG (unclassified) | 9.0% | 93% |
| Azorius Control | 4.3% | 6% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 2.7% | 48% |
| WBR (unclassified) | 2.6% | 50% |
| WUBR (unclassified) | 2.6% | 91% |