First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)
Instant
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. If this spell was bargained, that creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn instead.
"Don't you mean 'poisonous'? There's no such thing as a venomous—AGGHHH!"
- Illustrated by
- Konstantin Porubov
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Rulings (5)
- If you copy a bargained spell, the copy is also bargained. If a card or token enters the battlefield as a copy of a permanent that’s already on the battlefield, the new permanent isn’t bargained, even if the original was.
- Some instant and sorcery spells require additional targets if they’re bargained. You ignore those targeting requirements if those spells aren’t bargained, and you can’t bargain those spells unless you can choose the appropriate targets. On the other hand, you can bargain a permanent spell even if you won’t be able to choose targets for an enters-the-battlefield ability of that permanent once the spell resolves.
- Bargain represents an optional additional cost. A spell cast with that additional cost paid is “bargained.”
- You may sacrifice only one artifact, enchantment, or token to pay a spell’s bargain cost.
- Bargain means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token.”
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft | 58.9% | +3.7 | +4.8 | 133898 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed | 61.0% | +4.4 | +4.2 | 8872 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
