Portent of Betrayal
Sorcery
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #16357
Portent of Betrayal steals a creature and gives it haste for one turn — you swing with their best threat and it goes back at end of step. Four mana for a sorcery-speed Act of Treason effect is the going rate, and this one delivers exactly that and nothing more.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Portent of Betrayal is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in Commander — specifically in decks that sacrifice the stolen creature before the end step to keep it permanently. In Pauper it competes with Threaten and Act of Treason at the same rate, which makes it interchangeable filler rather than a meaningful inclusion. Everywhere else, four-mana sorcery-speed removal that gives the creature back is simply too slow and too temporary to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Portent of Betrayal is pure bulk — you'll find copies in any common box without effort. The price won't move; there's no scarcity story here, just a replaceable one-turn theft effect that gets the job done if you need a fifth copy of Act of Treason.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.