---
name: "Duel Tactics"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Craig J Spearing"
oracle_id: "262c5ac9-af41-42d1-a53a-8a671eedd5a6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duel-tactics-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Duel Tactics
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Duel Tactics deals 1 damage to target creature. It can't block this turn.
Flashback {1}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *「こっちの秘策？呪文を唱える手を狙って、相手を不利に陥れる。今のところ負けなしよ。」
――ロアホールドの決闘者、アレッシア*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Renegade Tactics](/printing/renegade-tactics-j25.md) — Sorcery
2. [Abandon the Post](/printing/abandon-the-post-dbl.md) — Sorcery
3. [Artful Dodge](/printing/artful-dodge-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flash of Defiance](/printing/flash-of-defiance-tor.md) — Sorcery
5. [Blindblast](/printing/blindblast-war.md) — Instant
6. [Sparkmage's Gambit](/printing/sparkmages-gambit-ogw.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #112
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Craig J Spearing
- **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`