---
name: "Political Trickery"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WC97"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1997"
collector_number: "jk81sb"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "e0eaa43f-1c46-4299-9ecd-5f4a32d292cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/political-trickery-wc97"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Political Trickery
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Exchange control of target land you control and target land an opponent controls. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

> *"Politics is a game—move a stone here, move a stone there—except sometimes the stones bleed."
—Shauku, Endbringer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Legerdemain](/printing/legerdemain-tmp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shifting Loyalties](/printing/shifting-loyalties-frf.md) — Sorcery
3. [Switcheroo](/printing/switcheroo-bbd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Role Reversal](/printing/role-reversal-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Puca's Mischief](/printing/pucas-mischief-shm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Vedalken Plotter](/printing/vedalken-plotter-cmd.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #jk81sb
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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