---
name: "Bitter Triumph"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez"
oracle_id: "776341cb-d2ec-423f-9250-92dc8bd8d503"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bitter-triumph-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bitter Triumph
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

> *「野心は偉大なる力や深い悲しみをもたらす。しかし、両方がもたらされたときのことを覚悟できている者はいない。」
――「リーダーシップとその帰結」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bitter Downfall](/printing/bitter-downfall-hoc.md) — Instant
2. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
3. [Bone Shards](/printing/bone-shards-mh2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Launch Party](/printing/launch-party-rtr.md) — Instant
5. [Waste Away](/printing/waste-away-tor.md) — Instant
6. [Spark Harvest](/printing/spark-harvest-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #26
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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