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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Strategic Betrayal

Equivalent cards to Strategic Betrayal (black sorcery, steals and then sacs creatures) include:

  • Expropriate (but it's blue, not black)
  • Mind Sludge (similar hand attack, but not creature theft)
  • Closest black equivalents:
    • Mass Mutiny (but this is red)
    • Slave of Bolas (blue/red/black, steals then sacs)
    • Wrangle (red, not black, steals only)
    • Hijack (red, not black)
    • Act of Treason (again, red)

For mono-black:

  • Dread Return (reanimates, not a steal)
  • Grave Betrayal (enchantment version, not instant/sorcery)
  • No direct mono-black instant/sorcery does the same as Strategic Betrayal; Slave of Bolas is closest, but not mono-black.


Reason: Black removal/steal spells often require extra colors or use reanimation/board wipes instead.

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Act of Treason #129 Sorcery

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    Rules

  • Act of Treason can target any creature, even one that's untapped or one you already control.
  • Gaining control of a creature doesn't cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.48 USD
    Cardmarket 0.02 EUR / 0.27 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.34 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)

    Dread Return #111 Sorcery

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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
  • You choose the target for Dread Return before paying any of its costs, so it's not possible to cast it using flashback and bring back one of the creatures you sacrifice.

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    Tcgplayer 0.38 USD / 0.64 USD
    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR / 0.45 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD / 1.99 USD
    Manapool 0.41 USD / 0.62 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Expropriate #66 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 9
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    Rules

  • Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  • If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council's dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won't generate an effect.
  • No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • Players can't do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.
  • The effects of each council's dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.
  • Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council's dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.
  • You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
  • Each player must vote for one of the available options. They can't abstain.
  • No player votes until Expropriate resolves. Any responses to the spell must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • Votes are cast in turn order, and each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 16.69 USD / 28.92 USD
    Cardmarket 12.15 EUR / 23.7 EUR
    Cardkingdom 20.99 USD
    Manapool 15.55 USD / 34.16 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.

    Grave Betrayal #67 Enchantment

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    Converted Cost: 7
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    Rules

  • Each creature you don't control that dies causes a delayed triggered ability to trigger at the beginning of the next end step. If there are multiple such abilities, you can put them on the stack in any order. The creatures will return to the battlefield one at a time as each ability resolves. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve.
  • Grave Betrayal doesn't overwrite any previous colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another creature type.
  • If a creature you don't control dies during the end step, that creature won't return to the battlefield until the beginning of the next end step.
  • If the creature card leaves the graveyard before the delayed triggered ability resolves, it won't return to the battlefield. This is also true if the card leaves the graveyard and returns to the graveyard before that ability resolves.
  • If the creature is normally colorless, it will simply be black. It won't be both black and colorless.
  • In a multiplayer game, if more than one player controls a Grave Betrayal and a creature controlled by none of those players dies, each Grave Betrayal will create a delayed triggered ability at the beginning of the next end step. The first such ability to resolve will return the creature. Usually, this will be one controlled by the player furthest from the active player in turn order.
  • The phrase "with an additional +1/+1 counter on it" means that the creature enters with one more +1/+1 counter than it would normally enter with. It doesn't keep any counters it had on it when it died.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 4.2 USD / 9.53 USD
    Cardmarket 2.64 EUR / 6.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 7.99 USD
    Manapool 1.96 USD / 4.68 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1counteron it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

    Hijack #118 Sorcery

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    Converted Cost: 3
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  • You can target and gain control of an untapped artifact or creature this way. You can also untap an artifact or creature you already control and give it haste.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 0.32 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.37 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.79 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.32 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

    Mass Mutiny #48 Sorcery

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  • Gaining control of a creature doesn't cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it. However, if you gain control of a creature enchanted by an Aura with umbra armor and that creature would be destroyed that turn, instead the Aura will be destroyed and the creature will survive.
  • Mass Mutiny can target untapped creatures.
  • The phrase "up to one" was inadvertently omitted from Mass Mutiny's rules text. The card has received errata to correct this.
  • You can cast Mass Mutiny even if an opponent doesn't control any creatures. You simply won't choose a target for that opponent.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.44 USD
    Cardmarket 0.44 EUR / 0.25 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.51 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

    Mind Sludge #70 Sorcery

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  • No entries

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 0.24 USD / 1 USD
    Cardmarket 0.31 EUR / 2.35 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.98 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Target player discards a card for each Swamp you control.

    Slave of Bolas #67 Sorcery

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  • If you don’t control the targeted creature when the “at end of turn” ability resolves, it won’t be sacrificed. If it’s still on the battlefield but under another player’s control, the ability won’t try to have you sacrifice it again at the end of the turn after that.
  • You may target a creature you already control.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.29 USD
    Cardmarket 0.26 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Manapool 0.31 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Gain control of target creature. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.Sacrificeit at the beginning of the next end step.

    Strategic Betrayal #422 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • The opponent chooses which creature to exile as Strategic Betrayal resolves. If they don’t control any creatures at that time, they simply exile their graveyard.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.88 USD / 1.76 USD
    Cardmarket 0.4 EUR / 0.28 EUR
    Manapool 1 USD / 1.87 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.

    Wrangle #101† Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If the target creature’s power becomes 5 or greater as you gain control of it (perhaps because an enchantment gives creatures you control +1/+1), Wrangle will continue to resolve as normal. The creature will still be untapped and gain haste until end of turn, and you’ll still control it until end of turn.
  • Wrangle can target any creature with power 4 or less, even one that you already control or that is already untapped.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR / 0.41 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Gain control of target creature with power 4 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

    Act of Treason Sorcery Normal - ~$0.33

    Dread Return Sorcery Normal - ~$0.76

    Expropriate Sorcery Normal - ~$21.74

    Grave Betrayal Enchantment Normal - ~$5.19

    Hijack Sorcery Normal - ~$0.31

    Mass Mutiny Sorcery Normal - ~$0.53

    Mind Sludge Sorcery Normal - ~$0.77

    Slave of Bolas Sorcery Normal - ~$0.39

    Strategic Betrayal Sorcery Normal - ~$1.03

    Wrangle Sorcery Normal - ~$0.24

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