---
name: "Murderous Betrayal"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "147"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "a2fe1e2b-b621-4406-b5e0-f2eebd12c2ba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/murderous-betrayal-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Murderous Betrayal
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{B}{B}, Pay half your life, rounded up: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

> *Which hurts more: a sword in the gut or a dagger in the back?*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Betrayal](/printing/dark-betrayal-pio.md) — Instant
2. [Vendetta](/printing/vendetta-roe.md) — Instant
3. [Dark Offering](/printing/dark-offering-s99.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sever Soul](/printing/sever-soul-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Slaughter](/printing/slaughter-exo.md) — Instant
6. [Hideous End](/printing/hideous-end-zen.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #147
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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