---
name: "Betrayer's Bargain"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "126"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Billy Christian"
oracle_id: "bfb3d862-d92d-4a4f-9a22-671b55d954fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/betrayers-bargain-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Betrayer's Bargain
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or enchantment or pay {2}.
Betrayer's Bargain deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

> *「これは俺の出口だ。あんたはあんたの出口を探しな。」
――ウィンターからニコへ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Burn the Accursed](/printing/burn-the-accursed-dbl.md) — Instant
2. [Vicious Betrayal](/printing/vicious-betrayal-5dn.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
4. [Collateral Damage](/printing/collateral-damage-jmp.md) — Instant
5. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
6. [Torch the Tower](/printing/torch-the-tower-woe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #126
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Billy Christian
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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