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Rakshasa's Bargain

First printed in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025)

Rakshasa's Bargain

Instant

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

"You know you shouldn't and the Sultai forbid you. But you can't resist the temptation, can you?"

Illustrated by
Yigit Koroglu
Watermark
Sultai

Legality

Prices

MTGO price: 0.004 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 Rakshasa's Bargain in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Premier Draft 58.4% +3.4 +5.2 30645
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Sealed 60.9% +3.6 +4.1 1836
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 2 of 1778 decks (0.1%), most in UBG (unclassified)

Share of decks
0.1%
▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.6% 2026-08-17: 0.8% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.3% 2026-09-07: 0.5% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.4% 2026-09-28: 0.4% 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
2
2 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UBG (unclassified) 0.6% 9%
WUBG (unclassified) 0.1% 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
WUBG
Arena ranked player,
2 main
UBG
Arena ranked player,
4 main

Pioneer In 1 of 649 decks (0.2%), most in UBG (unclassified)

Share of decks
0.2%
▲ 0.2 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: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.6% 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
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UBG (unclassified) 0.3% 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
UBG
Univerce,
1 main #29
of 32
0-2

Legacy In 1 of 1529 decks (0.1%), most in Sultai Midrange

Share of decks
0.1%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.3% 2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.3% 2026-08-31: 0.0% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.0% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 0.2% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.0
in the main deck
Win rate
40%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Sultai Midrange 0.1% 50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Sultai Midrange
Evan Muller in BCDL 30 - Ohio
2-3
40%

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

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Sultai Midrange
Evan Muller,
2 main #16
of 32
2-3

Duel Commander In 8 of 111 decks (7.2%), most in Glarb, Calamity's Augur

Staple: main deck, 8% of decks (#328)

Share of decks
7.2%
▲ 1.0 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 5.4% 2026-08-24: 7.6% 2026-08-31: 6.7% 2026-09-07: 2.7% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 12.9% 2026-09-28: 10.3% 2026-10-05: 5.7% 2026-10-12: 6.5% 2026-10-19: 10.0% 2026-10-26: 8.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
8
8 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Glarb, Calamity's Augur 2.7% 100%
Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2.7% 100%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier 1.8% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Tropical Island100%13.9
Hedge Maze100%13.9
Abrupt Decay100%5.6
Bayou100%4.8
Toxic Deluge100%4.6
Lórien Revealed100%4.0
Mistrise Village100%3.8
Underground Sea100%3.7
Undercity Sewers100%3.7
Tainted Pact100%3.1

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
Betosore,
1 main 5-0
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
Albyz,
1 main 5-0
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
mechint,
1 main 5-0
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
Betosore,
1 main 5-0
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
Zodiacek,
1 main 5-0
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
boshfred,
1 main 5-0
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Dodormeur,
1 main 5-0
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Dodormeur,
1 main 5-0