First printed in Odyssey (2001)
All 4 prints
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Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #59, 2026
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Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #33, 2021
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Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #96, 2021
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Odyssey (ODY) #164, 2001
Tainted Pact 
Instant
Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.
In the last 30 days 33.6% of Commander decks played it (2064 of 6150). Most played in Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver. In the last 30 days 33.3% of Duel Commander decks played it (3 of 9). Most played in BRG (unclassified).
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 33% of decks (#71)
Black, Instants -
Duel Commander staples:
main deck, 33% of decks (#38)
Black, Instants
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Banned
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
