oracle mtg card Treachery they protect it Oracle Changes | MAGIC: THE

Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being played also stops a basic landcycling ability from being played

It prevents your opponent from targeting their Lotus Field with Hidden Strings, Vizier of Tumbling Sands and Thespians Stage, which buys us some turns to try and assemble our combo

It tries to explain what the deck is doing, then suggests practical upgrades instead of just dumping staples

Fractured Identity is significantly better than Treachery or anything like that as it is so much safer

Anyway, in October 2002 another card was printed, to further strengthen the archetype: Yep

Control decks may only want this against other control decks, where the mana cost reduction has a higher chance to be relevant