Bribery
Sorcery
Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3008
Bribery resolves and you put the best creature in any opponent's library directly onto your battlefield — at instant speed on their end step, it's often game-defining. Five mana is the entire cost, and in a format where someone is always running Blightsteel Colossus or Craterhoof Behemoth, Xanathar, Guild Kingpin makes Bribery even more lopsided by letting you see the top of a target's library before you decide whose creature to steal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin lets you look at the top of an opponent's library before you cast Bribery, so you already know whether their deck is worth raiding — that information advantage turns a strong tutor into a guaranteed best-case theft.
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Zevlor, Elturel Exile can copy target-opponent spells to each opponent, and while Bribery itself targets a specific player's library, Zevlor shells that lean into stealing and copying spells treat Bribery as a high-ceiling sorcery that fits cleanly into the deck's 'use their stuff against them' gameplan.
Sen Triplets
Sen Triplets already plays from opponents' hands and casts their spells — Bribery is the natural extension, raiding their libraries for the permanents they haven't drawn yet and cementing total information and resource dominance.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade rewards stealing and using opponents' cards, so Bribery slotting in is obvious: it grabs a creature from their library rather than their hand, broadening the theft package and hitting threats before they ever see play.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter's identity is built around taking valuable things that don't belong to you, and Bribery is one of the cleanest expressions of that — it pulls the highest-value creature off any library and puts it to work immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bribery earns its reputation: four opponents means four libraries to raid, and in a format full of game-ending creatures, five mana to put Blightsteel Colossus or Elesh Norn onto your side of the table is pure value. In Legacy and Vintage, Bribery is legal but rarely played — those formats move too fast for a five-mana sorcery with no immediate board protection, and the creature density is lower than in a typical Commander pod. Oathbreaker is legal and occasionally sees it in blue theft strategies, though the compressed card counts shrink the ceiling. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper don't get it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Bribery isn't available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It has been printed in multiple products over the years, which keeps supply reasonable, but demand from Commander players tends to put a floor under it — don't expect a bargain bin price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile
- Sen Triplets
- Don Andres, the Renegade
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.