First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)
Sorcery
Exile Ill-Gotten Gains. Each player discards their hand, then returns up to three cards from their graveyard to their hand.
Urza thought it a crusade. Xantcha knew it was a robbery.
- Illustrated by
- Greg Staples
Legality
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- Players can get fewer than 3 cards if they want.
Prices
MTGO price: 4.58 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
9 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Ill-Gotten Gains + Pyretic Ritual + Reverberate + Seething Song
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Ill-Gotten Gains + Reverberate + Seething Song
- Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Ill-Gotten Gains + Pyretic Ritual + Reverberate
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Ill-Gotten Gains + Increasing Vengeance + Pyretic Ritual + Seething Song
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Ill-Gotten Gains + Increasing Vengeance + Seething Song
- Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Ill-Gotten Gains + Increasing Vengeance + Pyretic Ritual
- Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Fork + Ill-Gotten Gains + Pyretic Ritual
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Fork + Ill-Gotten Gains + Pyretic Ritual + Seething Song
- Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count: Desperate Ritual + Fork + Ill-Gotten Gains + Seething Song
