First printed in The Hobbit (2026)

Stir Up Trouble

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature or pay 4 generic .
Destroy target creature.

In the last 30 days 3.5% of Standard decks played it (50 of 1416). Most played in BRG (unclassified).

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Stir Up Trouble in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
The Hobbit (HOB), Premier Draft	57.0%	+0.8	+0.6	48095
The Hobbit (HOB), Sealed	59.3%	+2.1	+1.0	11855

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

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
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

In 50 of 1416 decks (3.5%).

Share of decks

3.5%

▲ 1.0 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

50 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.6

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BRG (unclassified)	8.5%	42%

Deck	Record
BRG pizzangry in Standard Challenge 16	8-1 89%
BRG NukaCola in Standard Challenge 32 Special	8-1 89%
BRG pizzangry in Standard Challenge 16	8-1 89%
BRG Edel in Standard Championship Week Finals	7-2 78%
BRG Kollslaw in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
BRG J0hnWick in Standard Challenge 32 Special	6-2 75%
BRG TheWitchKling in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG henry_morehouse in Standard Challenge 32 Special	6-3 67%

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

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander.