Desperate Gambit
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Weatherlight (WTH)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 96
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 1, 2008
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)
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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