Five mana for a tempo swing this large is the bargain TMT's medium speed lets you make. Bot Bashing Time clears a three-toughness creature for two; Traag clears a four-toughness creature for five and leaves a 4/3 trampler in the red zone, with the sacrifice tax doubling as a way to clear chump tokens, spent Food, or a Mechanized Ninja Cavalry that has outlived its hybrid usefulness. The pick band lands P1P2 to P1P4 in any red seat. Boros Equipment wants it as the late-game closer that breaks Bespoke Bō stalls; UR Artifacts treats it as the payoff that converts excess artifact density into a board sweep plus a threat; Mardu Food (the BG-adjacent sacrifice shell the Pizza tokens hint at, splashing red) values it lower than the other two because Food is the engine, not surplus fuel, and feeding Traag costs the lifegain plan a turn.
Maindeck in every base-red build. The two-step trigger is the part worth drafting around: the may on the sacrifice means a removal-light hand can still cast Traag as a vanilla 4/3 trampler at rate, and the second trigger targeting on resolution lets you chase a creature that flickers off a Disappear trigger or gets equipped mid-sequence. Stomped by the Foot is the cleanest answer the format prints, and it costs four; against a five-drop that already two-for-oned you, that is a bad trade for the black player. Take it over your second removal spell, not your first.
