Traitorous Greed
Sorcery
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Add two mana of any one color. (The creature can attack and 
this turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #8756
Traitorous Greed steals a creature, gives you two mana, and attacks — all on turn four for three mana, making the tempo swing real enough to matter. It's a staple in Zada, Hedron Grinder builds where copying it off Dual Casting turns a single spell into a board-wide heist.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Traitorous Greed targets Zada, Hedron Grinder, which copies it onto every creature you control — suddenly your whole board is stolen, and you're drowning in mana from the triggers.
Brion Stoutarm
Traitorous Greed hands Brion Stoutarm a creature to fling at an opponent before the end step, turning the steal into a one-two punch of theft and direct damage.
Zidane, Tantalus Thief
Traitorous Greed fuels Zidane, Tantalus Thief's gameplan of repeated theft and exploitation, letting you attack with an opponent's best creature while also ramping into the next threat.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Traitorous Greed is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually earns a slot. In sixty-card formats the floor on temporary theft effects is higher — Act of Aggression and Threaten variants rarely make cuts in Modern or Legacy, and Traitorous Greed's mana rider doesn't change that math enough to matter. In Commander, the two-mana refund on a four-mana spell softens the tempo cost considerably, and the multiplayer table means stealing a fatty and swinging at a third opponent is a real political weapon.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Dual CastingTraitorous Greed
Infinite colored mana; Infinite magecraft triggers
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Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Traitorous Greed is pure bulk — no reason to hesitate picking up copies. Bulk rares at this price floor don't move much unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.