Illusionist's Gambit
Instant
Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}
How we read this card
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.
Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.
on-cast — untaps a permanent
- makes untap a creature
on-cast — takes an extra combat
Causes: untap a creature.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Gambit is one).
- Fishing Pole — When a creature untaps thanks to Illusionist's Gambit, Fishing Pole triggers
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Gambit is one).
When Illusionist's Gambit is cast:
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- Harness the Storm — brings a card back
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Gambit is one).
When Illusionist's Gambit is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.