First printed in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #56, 2026
Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2026-6, 2026
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #422, 2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #94, 2025

Strategic Betrayal

Sorcery

Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.

In the last 30 days 42.2% of Standard decks played it (173 of 410). Most played in UB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 11.1% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 9). Most played in Golgari Midrange.

Staple

Standard staples: main deck, 14% of decks (#14); sideboard, 33% of decks (#2)
Black, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Graveyard hate
Modern staples: sideboard, 3% of decks (#67)
Black, Sorceries, Removal, Creature removal, Graveyard hate

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 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 173 of 410 decks (42.2%).

Share of decks

42.2%

▲ 23.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

173

73 main, 166 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.3

in the main deck

Win rate

65%

14 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UB (unclassified)	10.5%	95%
Orzhov Lifegain	9.0%	73%
BRG (unclassified)	7.3%	90%
Dimir Midrange	7.1%	100%
WBR (unclassified)	3.9%	44%
UBR (unclassified)	3.7%	53%
BR (unclassified)	2.2%	78%
WB (unclassified)	2.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Bitter Triumph	88%	3.3
Requiting Hex	88%	2.9
Watery Grave	86%	3.5
Gloomlake Verge	81%	3.6
Shipwreck Marsh	79%	4.7
Restless Reef	78%	4.1
Theorix Charm	62%	4.7
Duress	59%	4.6
The Theorist, Jace Beleren	59%	3.0
Deceit	58%	4.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UB pepeteam in Standard Challenge 32	9-1 90%
Dimir Midrange claudioh in Standard Challenge 16	8-1 89%
BRG AgrusKos93 in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
UB vtuberArmpits in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
UBR hankthepigeon in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
BRG Kollslaw in Standard Challenge 16	6-2 75%
BRG duanceyao in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BG Tuper in Standard Challenge 32	5-2 71%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG Denisevich, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
UB Kneki, 28 Oct	1 main 2 side	5-0
Orzhov Lifegain ChuChuMTFKR, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
BRG pizzangry, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
UB KevinCon, 28 Oct	1 main 2 side	5-0
UB pepeteam, 27 Oct	1 main 2 side	#1 9-1
BRG AgrusKos93, 27 Oct	4 side	#3 7-2
UB vtuberArmpits, 27 Oct	1 main 2 side	#4 7-2

Pioneer Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).

Share of decks

11.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)