Price of Betrayal

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Price of Betrayal: Sorcery, War of the Spark. Remove up to five counters from target artifact, creature, planeswalker, or opponent. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}
Mana value
1
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
War of the Spark (WAR)
Released
2019-05-03
Collector number
102
Artist
Ryan Yee
Commander rank
22,127 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Price of Betrayal

Price of Betrayal is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from War of the Spark (WAR), an expansion set released in May 2019. It is collector number 102 in that set, with art by Ryan Yee. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. War of the Spark is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Remove up to five counters from target artifact, creature, planeswalker, or opponent.

The moment Liliana defied Nicol Bolas, her contract was broken, and her life was forfeit. But she was free to choose her fate, and she decided it was worth the price.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Price of Betrayal by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Price of Betrayal, newest first.

  • Players don’t normally have counters, but some cards in other sets say that a player “gets” a counter of a certain kind. Notably, emblems aren’t counters.
  • Price of Betrayal has only one target. You may remove different kinds of counters from that one target, and you may also remove multiples of the same kind of counter from that one target.

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