First printed in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024)

All 3 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7166, 2026
Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #43, 2025
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #106, 2024

Shoot the Sheriff

Instant

Destroy target non-outlaw creature. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws. Everyone else is fair game.)

In the last 30 days 22.1% of Standard decks played it (21 of 95). Most played in Orzhov Lifegain. In the last 30 days 1.2% of Modern decks played it (2 of 166). Most played in Mono-Black (unclassified).

Staple

Standard staples: main deck, 14% of decks (#34); sideboard, 8% of decks (#30)
Black, Instants, Removal, Creature removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

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

Standard Other periods →

In 21 of 95 decks (22.1%).

Share of decks

22.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

13 main, 8 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.8

in the main deck

Win rate

65%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Orzhov Lifegain	13.7%	8%
Dimir Midrange	12.6%	100%
BRG (unclassified)	8.4%	63%
UBR (unclassified)	5.3%	20%
WBR (unclassified)	2.1%	50%
BG (unclassified)	1.1%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Restless Reef	100%	3.8
Gloomlake Verge	100%	3.7
Watery Grave	100%	3.7
Bitter Triumph	100%	3.5
Requiting Hex	100%	2.7
We Say Thee Nay!	92%	7.3
Tishana's Tidebinder	92%	7.3
Floodpits Drowner	92%	7.3
Spyglass Siren	92%	7.3
Enduring Curiosity	92%	7.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Midrange claudioh in Standard Challenge 16	8-1 89%
BRG Kollslaw in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Dimir Midrange itstime in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BG Tuper in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG duanceyao in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG TheWitchKling in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Dimir Midrange itstime in Standard Challenge 16	6-3 67%
Dimir Midrange Ferblack in Standard Challenge 16	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG pizzangry, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
Dimir Midrange itstime, 27 Oct	2 main	#9 5-2
BG Tuper, 27 Oct	2 side	#11 5-2
BRG duanceyao, 27 Oct	2 side	#12 5-2
BRG TheWitchKling, 27 Oct	1 side	#13 5-2
UBR GWT, 27 Oct	1 main	#20 4-3
Dimir Midrange liuyuchen, 27 Oct	2 main	5-0
Dimir Midrange Arianne, 27 Oct	2 main	5-0

Modern Other periods →

In 2 of 166 decks (1.2%).

Share of decks

1.5%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

1 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

43%

0 top 8 (challenges only)