Night of Souls' Betrayal is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
All creatures get -1/-1.
How it works : Night of Souls' Betrayal
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a second Night of Souls’ Betrayal comes under your control, you’ll put one into its owner’s graveyard due to the “legend rule” at the same time that any creatures getting -2/-2 are put into their owner’s graveyard for having 0 or less toughness.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Kormus Bell + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Night of Souls' Betrayal
Destroy all landsDestroy all lands that enter the battlefieldLockMass Land Denial
- 1When a land enters the battlefield, it becomes a Swamp due to Kormus Bell. This then causes it to become a 0/0 creature due to Urborg and Night of Souls' Betrayal, and die as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
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Night of Souls' Betrayal + Humility
All creatures die upon enteringLock
- 1Humility makes all creatures lose all abilities and sets their power and toughness to 1/1.
- 2Night of Souls' Betrayal gives all creatures -1/-1.
- 3Creatues lose ETB and LTB abilities and die when played.
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#3
Vhati il-Dal + Thornbite Staff + Night of Souls' Betrayal
Destroy any number of creaturesDestroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's controlLock
- 1Activate Vhati il-Dal by tapping it, causing any other creature to have base toughness 1 until end of turn.
- 2The creature dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
- 3Vhati il-Dal triggers, untapping itself.
- 4Repeat.
- 5You may also repeat this process whenever a creature enters the battlefield.
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#4
Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Night of Souls' Betrayal
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying
. - 2Gravecrawler enters the battlefield as a 1/0 due to Night of Souls' Betrayal, and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- 3Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Godhead of Awe + Night of Souls' Betrayal
All creatures die upon enteringLock
- 1Godhead of Awe causes all other creatures to have base power and toughness of 1/1.
- 2Night of Souls' Betrayal gives all other creatures -1/-1.
- 3Any creature that enters the battlefield will do so as a 0/0 creature, and will die as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
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#6
Bloodline Necromancer + Night of Souls' Betrayal + Kaervek, the Spiteful
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Bloodline Necromancer by paying
. - 2Bloodline Necromancer enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
- 3Bloodline Necromancer enters the battlefield, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#7
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Night of Souls' Betrayal + Cryptic Trilobite
Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Cryptic Trilobite for X = 0 by paying
. - 2Cryptic Trilobite dies due to having zero toughness.
- 3Cryptic Trilobite's undying ability from Mikaeus triggers, returning it to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter.
- 4Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing the +1/+1 counter from it, adding
that can only be spent on activated abilities. - 5Repeat from step 2.
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#8
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Kaervek, the Spiteful + Tatterkite + Night of Souls' Betrayal
Draw the gameInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Tatterkite by paying
. - 2Tatterkite enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3Tatterkite's undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with zero +1/+1 counters on it due to its effect.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
- 5NOTE: This combo creates a mandatory infinite loop that will draw the game if it isn't interacted with.
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Legal formats
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