Banishing Betrayal

one generic mana one blue mana Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

One simple push and Jadzi fell into the churning swirl of magic. Tam thought it would be harder—wished that it had been harder.

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Banishing Betrayal rulings

2026-03-20
If the target permanent is an illegal target when Banishing Betrayal tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't surveil.

Banishing Betrayal keyword rules

Surveil Rule 701.42

To “surveil N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.

If an effect allows you to look at additional cards while you surveil, those cards are included among the cards you may put into your graveyard and on top of your library in any order.

If a player is instructed to surveil 0, no surveil event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player surveils won’t trigger.

An ability that triggers whenever a player surveils triggers after the process described in rule is complete, even if some or all of those actions were impossible.