Stir Up Trouble

Stir Up Trouble

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{B} · Sorcery
Common · The Hobbit · Art by Andreia Ugrai
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature or pay {4}. Destroy target creature.
Predicted power
Standard 45 Eng.C-Usr.

One-mana kill is attractive only with a token or expendable artifact available; paying five is too slow, so this is fringe sacrifice-shell removal.

Best home Black token-sacrifice decksBand fringeConfidence 54%

Could be wrong if Revealed token and sacrifice density may create a reliable shell, or Standard may offer cleaner black removal.

Pioneer 34 Eng.D-Usr.

Fatal Push is already a widely played setup-free option. This can hit any creature but needs fodder or five mana, leaving niche sacrifice testing.

Best home Black sacrifice decksBand fringeConfidence 66%

Could be wrong if A strong sacrifice deck could value the payment enough to make it a recurring removal spell.

Modern 37 Eng.DUsr.

Modern rewards one-mana interaction, but trading a permanent at sorcery speed is a major cost; artifact-sacrifice shells are the plausible test home.

Best home Artifact-sacrifice decksBand fringeConfidence 61%

Could be wrong if Cheap artifacts with meaningful sacrifice value could make the resource cost far lower than expected.

Legacy 27 Eng.FUsr.

Legacy's cheap removal and tempo punish a sorcery that requires another permanent. It is only a speculative synergy option despite the B rate.

Best home Artifact-sacrifice decksBand speculativeConfidence 69%

Could be wrong if A dedicated artifact shell could exploit the sacrifice as upside rather than a real card-cost.

Pauper 59 Eng.C+Usr.

Grixis Affinity is a credible artifact home; compared with Cast Down, this trades consistency for a potentially cheaper, synergy-positive kill spell.

Best home Grixis AffinityBand role-playerConfidence 58%

Could be wrong if If its artifacts are too valuable to cash in, Cast Down and conventional removal will remain preferable.

Commander 46 Eng.C-Usr.

Aristocrats and artifact-token lists can turn the extra cost into value, but narrow creature-only sorcery removal is not a broad optimized staple.

Best home Aristocrats and artifact-token decksBand role-playerConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if High token and death-trigger density could make the sacrifice substantially more profitable than normal removal.

Limited 62 Eng.B-Usr.

At worst this is five-mana sorcery removal; revealed tokens and Treasure make B plus expendable material realistic, yielding solid but not premium removal.

Best home Black token-based decksBand solidConfidence 39%

Could be wrong if Unknown draft speed and token availability determine whether it is usually efficient removal or clumsy five-mana filler.

sacrifice-fueled creature removal

“A conditional B creature kill whose constructed future rests on expendable-permanent synergies; it is most promising in Pauper artifact shells.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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