Vicious Rivalry

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Name	Vicious Rivalry
Type	Sorcery
Description	As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Destroy all artifacts and creatures with mana value X or less.
Flavor	So intense was their hatred they didn't realize how lonely they'd become. In the end, all they had was each other, and they hated that, too.
Artist	Chris Rallis
Set	Secrets of Strixhaven Promos #241p
Wallpaper	download
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About Vicious Rivalry

Vicious Rivalry, Sorcery, designed by Chris Rallis first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.

**Vicious Rivalry** would fit best in a Golgari (B/G) midrange or control deck that can comfortably pay life as a resource—especially ones with strong life gain (e.g., *Sheoldred, the Apocalypse*, *Scavenging Ooze*, *The Meathook Massacre*) or that naturally pressure opponents into longer games. It’s particularly appealing in metas heavy on low-to-the-ground creature decks, artifact strategies, or token swarms, since you can set X to sweep early boards while preserving larger threats of your own. However, it competes with extremely efficient board wipes like *Toxic Deluge* (which is cheaper and more flexible), *Pernicious Deed* (repeatable and scalable), *Damnation*, or *Maelstrom Pulse* for broader answers; in most formats, *Toxic Deluge* would simply be better due to lower color commitment and efficiency. As a result, Vicious Rivalry would likely be playable in Commander—especially in life-gain or aristocrats shells—but would struggle to see competitive Modern or Pioneer play unless