Stir Up Trouble
HOB · common · Released 2026-08-14
Power
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Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
wants support
fixed effect
one mode
broadly useful
n/a
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Rationale
1cmc sorcery that destroys any creature for free if you can sacrifice an artifact or creature, otherwise costs {4} — making it a premium removal spell in sacrifice/aristocrats shells and an overcosted fallback elsewhere. Signature in aristocrats where sacrificing fodder is always desirable; the {4} backup rate is too steep for control or stax shells that can't reliably feed it.
Learnings (2)
The {4} alternative payment makes this castable in non-sacrifice shells in a pinch, but at that rate it's among the worst removal in the format — treat it as effectively a sacrifice-matters card that sometimes has an emergency bailout.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
In Limited, the sacrifice cost is often irrelevant because even a random token or cheap creature you'd trade anyway makes this a 1-mana destroy-any-creature, which is a bomb at common rarity.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #29,374