---
name: "Vicious Betrayal"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "60"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tomas Giorello"
oracle_id: "be1015a7-2ace-4b97-8884-202abae8401b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vicious-betrayal-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vicious Betrayal
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice any number of creatures.
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature sacrificed this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Ichor Explosion](/printing/ichor-explosion-nph.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wicked Reward](/printing/wicked-reward-mgb.md) — Instant
4. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
5. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Betrayer's Bargain](/printing/betrayers-bargain-dsk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #60
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tomas Giorello
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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