---
name: "Tainted Pact"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "STA"
set_name: "Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "33"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Benjamin Ee"
oracle_id: "1a85ba2b-ae10-4917-954a-7709b75a9740"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tainted-pact-sta"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tainted Pact
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Demonic Consultation](/printing/demonic-consultation-me2.md) — Instant
2. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant
3. [Divining Witch](/printing/divining-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
4. [Desperate Research](/printing/desperate-research-inv.md) — Sorcery
5. [Vexing Arcanix](/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed.md) — Artifact
6. [Ad Nauseam](/printing/ad-nauseam-ala.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #33
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Benjamin Ee
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`