---
name: "Cruel Alliance"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Teamwork"]
set: "MSH"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Vilhelmas Banys"
oracle_id: "6897f9e0-f654-4c0a-9fda-2ad4e264bf9a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-alliance-msh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cruel Alliance
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Teamwork

## Oracle Text
Teamwork 2 (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more.)
Exile target creature with mana value 3 or less. If this spell was cast using teamwork, instead exile target creature and you gain 3 life.

> *「みっともない豚野郎め、死になさい！」
――バイパー、オフィーリア・サーキシアン*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Too Evil to Stay Dead](/printing/too-evil-to-stay-dead-msh.md) — Sorcery
2. [Deadly Alliance](/printing/deadly-alliance-znr.md) — Instant
3. [Murdock's Crusade](/printing/murdocks-crusade-msh.md) — Sorcery
4. [Heroic Teamwork](/printing/heroic-teamwork-msc.md) — Instant
5. [Terrific Team-Up](/printing/terrific-team-up-om1.md) — Instant
6. [Widow's Bite](/printing/widows-bite-msh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) #92
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Vilhelmas Banys
- **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`