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Bitter Triumph 
Instant
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Format Legality
StandardPioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Bitter Triumph, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 27 | 2.8 | 545 | 2.3 |
| Pioneer | 49 | 1.7 | 337 | 2.1 |
| Legacy | 1 | 1 | 202 | 1.2 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Modern | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1.2 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 156
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Bitter Triumph
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix - 3 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix - 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 2 Quantum Riddler
$30.55
32.08 tix
- 2 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix - 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix - 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix - 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.95 0.06 tix
- 4 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Umbral Collar Zealot
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Badgermole Cub
$49.78
26.15 tix
- 2 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
$31.48
0.96 tix
- 4 Beifong's Bounty Hunters
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Icetill Explorer
$15.21
1.59 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 4 Bloodghast
$0.66
0.02 tix
- 2 Gene Pollinator
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 4 Llanowar Elves
$0.28
0.03 tix
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bleachbone Verge$9.71 0.07 tix
- 2 Brightclimb Pathway$4.00 0.06 tix
- 4 Concealed Courtyard$1.01 0.02 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.42 0.02 tix
- 4 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Shadowy Backstreet$9.67 1.51 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.13 0.15 tix
- 4 The Mycosynth Gardens$0.38 0.26 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Barrowgoyf
$12.94
24.41 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.39
28.42 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 3 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
$0.41
1.00 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$45.80
7.15 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$45.80
7.15 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 1 Fountainport$2.46 0.06 tix
- 4 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Multiversal Passage$7.12 4.01 tix
- 2 Restless Reef$1.99 0.02 tix
- 2 Soulstone Sanctuary$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Starting Town$9.56 7.61 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Day of Black Sun
$0.86
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$10.39
0.96 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Qarsi Revenant
$1.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Stab
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Zero Point Ballad
$0.32
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Bitter Triumph
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.80 tix
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
$2.32
0.63 tix
- 1 Molten Collapse
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
$1.81
0.52 tix
- 1 Redcap Melee
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.34 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 3 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 2 Quantum Riddler
$30.55
32.08 tix
- 2 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.95 0.06 tix
- 3 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Day of Black Sun
$0.86
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$10.39
0.96 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Qarsi Revenant
$1.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Stab
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Zero Point Ballad
$0.32
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.94
24.41 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.39
28.42 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.08
1.44 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.24
0.59 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bleachbone Verge$9.71 0.07 tix
- 2 Brightclimb Pathway$4.00 0.06 tix
- 1 Concealed Courtyard$1.01 0.02 tix
- 3 Concealed Courtyard$1.01 0.02 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Shadowy Backstreet$9.67 1.51 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.13 0.15 tix
- 4 The Mycosynth Gardens$0.38 0.26 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 3 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 2 Quantum Riddler
$30.55
32.08 tix
- 2 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.95 0.06 tix
- 4 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Marang River Regent— —
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 1 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 2 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 3 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 1 Vein Ripper
$6.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Terror of the Peaks
$18.85
0.03 tix
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
$29.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
$20.86
0.50 tix - 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 3 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 4 Wastewood Verge$9.46 0.06 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 2 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Adamantoise
$3.70
0.03 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Day of Black Sun
$0.86
0.03 tix
- 2 Disruptive Stormbrood
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered— —
- 2 Heritage Reclamation
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Myojin of Night's Reach
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Raven Eagle
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Terror Tide
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Villainous Wrath
$0.86
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 1 Fountainport$2.46 0.06 tix
- 4 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Multiversal Passage$7.12 4.01 tix
- 2 Restless Reef$1.99 0.02 tix
- 2 Soulstone Sanctuary$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Starting Town$9.56 7.61 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 4 Day of Black Sun
$0.86
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$10.39
0.96 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Stab
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 3 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 2 Quantum Riddler
$30.55
32.08 tix
- 2 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.95 0.06 tix
- 4 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 1 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 2 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 2 Quantum Riddler
$30.55
32.08 tix
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Gran-Gran
$0.29
0.34 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.95 0.06 tix
- 4 Breeding Pool$9.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.31 0.61 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Gloomlake Verge$9.78 0.33 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$13.46 1.46 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.63 0.03 tix
- 3 Willowrush Verge$6.30 0.02 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Town Greeter
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
$2.85
0.02 tix
- 4 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
$1.74
2.93 tix
- 2 Harvester of Misery
$2.73
0.07 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.20
7.91 tix
- 1 Terror of the Peaks
$18.85
0.03 tix
- 2 Ardyn, the Usurper
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 4 Bringer of the Last Gift
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
$13.76
0.25 tix
- 4 Oblivious Bookworm
$0.22
0.02 tix
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Disruptive Stormbrood
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
$2.85
0.02 tix
- 1 Heritage Reclamation
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Intimidation Tactics
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Malicious Eclipse
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Myojin of Night's Reach
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Strategic Betrayal
$0.49
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Day of Black Sun
$0.86
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Faebloom Trick
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$10.39
0.96 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Qarsi Revenant
$1.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Stab
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
$0.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Zero Point Ballad
$0.32
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.19 tix
- 4 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.94
24.41 tix
- 1 Bitter Triumph
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.39
28.42 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.12
0.59 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.35
0.06 tix
