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Traitorous Instinct
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Rise of the EldraziROE · #168
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.39 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.43 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Scott Chou
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-04-23
Flavour text
The horror lurched about like a puppet from a madman's nightmare, squeezing the life from its own kind.
Rulings
You may target a creature you already control. You may target a creature that’s already untapped.
