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Disdainful Stroke

First printed in Khans of Tarkir (2014)

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Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Illustrated by
Svetlin Velinov

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • If a spell has X in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining the spell's mana value.
  • A face-down spell has mana value 0 and can't be targeted by Disdainful Stroke.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Disdainful Stroke in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft 57.5% +2.1 +5.0 25718
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Sealed 54.6% -1.2 +2.6 762
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft 53.5% -1.7 +3.3 12392
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed 54.3% -2.3 -0.6 715
Streets of New Capenna (SNC), Premier Draft 56.3% +1.2 +1.0 37362
Streets of New Capenna (SNC), Sealed 58.9% +4.6 +3.4 2940
Kaldheim (KHM), Premier Draft 54.5% 0.0 +3.1 22078
Khans of Tarkir (KTK), Premier Draft 52.5% -1.8 +0.8 9046
Khans of Tarkir (KTK), Sealed 54.3% -2.0 +1.6 549
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

Standard In 485 of 1778 decks (27.3%), most in Green Landfall

Staple: sideboard, 28% of decks (#3)

Share of decks
27.3%
▲ 2.5 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 36.1% 2026-08-17: 24.3% 2026-08-24: 21.5% 2026-08-31: 28.7% 2026-09-07: 22.9% 2026-09-14: 21.8% 2026-09-21: 28.0% 2026-09-28: 23.6% 2026-10-05: 30.5% 2026-10-12: 34.4% 2026-10-19: 22.4% 2026-10-26: 23.4%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
485
1 main, 484 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
59%
85 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Green Landfall 11.5% 3%
Dimir Midrange 10.6% 29%
UB (unclassified) 9.2% 77%
UR (unclassified) 8.7% 76%
Azorius Control 6.0% 66%
Jeskai Artifacts 5.1% 3%
WU (unclassified) 4.3% 57%
WUBR (unclassified) 3.6% 47%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UB
peter780108 in Standard Challenge 32
9-0
100%
UR
mami in Standard Challenge 32
9-0
100%
UR
Capitano_CL in Standard Challenge 16 Special
8-0
100%
UB
pepeteam in Standard Challenge 32
9-1
90%
UR
Capitano_CL in Standard Championship Week Finals
9-1
90%
WU
HyPPeR in Standard Challenge 32
8-1
89%
WUBR
MarcoBelacca95 in Standard Challenge 16
8-1
89%
UB
J4K3ST3R02 in Standard Challenge 32
8-1
89%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UBR
McWinSauce,
1 side #3 (top 8)
of 187
8-2
UB
tchuco,
1 side #5 (top 8)
of 187
7-2
WU
Dasikk,
2 side #7 (top 8)
of 187
7-2
Dimir Midrange
Strongmind,
1 side #12
of 187
6-2
UR
Danielpena397,
1 side #13
of 187
6-2
UB
sedotwc,
1 side #25
of 187
6-2
UB
Bradykiesling13,
1 side #27
of 187
5-3
UB
marcofabrizi,
1 side #8 (top 8)
of 44
4-3

Pioneer In 54 of 649 decks (8.3%), most in UR (unclassified)

Staple: sideboard, 13% of decks (#17)

Share of decks
8.3%
▼ 2.9 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 8.0% 2026-08-17: 9.4% 2026-08-24: 16.5% 2026-08-31: 17.4% 2026-09-07: 8.2% 2026-09-14: 9.5% 2026-09-21: 9.6% 2026-09-28: 10.0% 2026-10-05: 6.7% 2026-10-12: 9.3% 2026-10-19: 8.3% 2026-10-26: 8.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
54
0 main, 54 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
55%
11 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UR (unclassified) 24.8% 22%
WU (unclassified) 5.1% 33%
WUBRG (unclassified) 4.6% 3%
URG (unclassified) 1.5% 60%
UBRG (unclassified) 0.3% 50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
URG
Wall_pushing in Pioneer Challenge 16
6-1
86%
UR
hugofreitas1 in Pioneer RC Super Qualifier
6-2
75%
UR
Danielpena397 in Pioneer Challenge 32
6-2
75%
UR
Marghar in Pioneer Challenge 32
6-2
75%
UR
VitorCarvalho01 in Pioneer Challenge 32
5-2
71%
UR
deleon91 in Pioneer Challenge 32
5-2
71%
UR
VitorCarvalho01 in Pioneer Challenge 32
4-2
67%
UR
monzatubarao in Pioneer Challenge 32
4-2
67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UR
giraffesarentreal,
1 side #25
of 35
2-3
URG
Wall_pushing,
1 side #27
of 35
1-2
WU
Waffler,
2 side 5-0
UR
hugofreitas1,
2 side #9
of 160
6-2
UR
Danielpena397,
1 side #3 (top 8)
of 48
6-2
UR
Marghar,
2 side #4 (top 8)
of 48
6-2
UR
VitorCarvalho01,
1 side #11
of 48
4-2
WU
DigelCam,
2 side 5-0

Pauper In 1 of 1835 decks (0.1%), most in Flicker Tron

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.3% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.3% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
0 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Flicker Tron 0.5% 10%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Flicker Tron
Izzy90,
1 side 5-0

Commander In 1 of 6520 decks (0.0%), most in Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.1% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 0.0% 50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Jan Gutiérrez Guerrero,
1 main #7 (top 8)
of 22
1-1