---
name: "Traitor's Clutch"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "64296644-70f3-4698-923f-0794fe5d0d2b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/traitors-clutch-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Traitor's Clutch
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dauthi Trapper](/printing/dauthi-trapper-sth.md) — Creature — Dauthi Minion
2. [Dauthi Embrace](/printing/dauthi-embrace-tmp.md) — Enchantment
3. [Nether Traitor](/printing/nether-traitor-tsr.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Trespasser il-Vec](/printing/trespasser-il-vec-tsr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Shadow Rift](/printing/shadow-rift-tpr.md) — Instant
6. [Shade's Breath](/printing/shades-breath-ons.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #137
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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