---
name: "Banishing Betrayal"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Craig Elliott"
oracle_id: "6b633e58-ea1b-4ed0-addb-6dfd93645ae4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/banishing-betrayal-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Banishing Betrayal
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *One simple push and Jadzi fell into the churning swirl of magic. Tam thought it would be harder—wished that it had been harder.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unauthorized Exit](/printing/unauthorized-exit-mkm.md) — Instant
2. [Unexplained Disappearance](/printing/unexplained-disappearance-grn.md) — Instant
3. [Failed Fording](/printing/failed-fording-otj.md) — Instant
4. [Vanish from Sight](/printing/vanish-from-sight-dsk.md) — Instant
5. [Banishing Knack](/printing/banishing-knack-eve.md) — Instant
6. [Geistwave](/printing/geistwave-dbl.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #38
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Craig Elliott
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`