---
name: "Hostile Negotiations"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "105712"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Auden Nash"
oracle_id: "c5cbd852-c42f-4592-a0bb-a8bffa2dd2f4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hostile-negotiations-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hostile Negotiations
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aggressive Negotiations](/printing/aggressive-negotiations-tdm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dark Bargain](/printing/dark-bargain-iko.md) — Instant
3. [Sword-Point Diplomacy](/printing/sword-point-diplomacy-pxln.md) — Sorcery
4. [Binding Negotiation](/printing/binding-negotiation-otj.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ruthless Negotiation](/printing/ruthless-negotiation-blb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Struggle for Sanity](/printing/struggle-for-sanity-chk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105712
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Auden Nash
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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