Desperate Gambit
Weatherlight (WTH) #96 · Uncommon · Instant
Mana cost: {R}
Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
Illustrated by Pete Venters · Released June 9, 1997
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.61 USD · €0.33 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.03 USD (5.2%) to $0.61 USD; low $0.58 USD, high $0.61 USD.
Printings
- Weatherlight #96 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1997 · $0.61 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — The coin is flipped during resolution of this spell, so you know in advance what will happen when the source deals damage the next time.
- 2008-04-01 · wotc — The chosen source may be a permanent, a spell on the stack, or anything referred to by something on the stack (such as a Prodigal Pyromancer that’s left the battlefield while its ability is still on the stack)
Played in these commander decks
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos · in 30% of 50 decks