Card Codex

M:tG card similarity search

17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Desperate Gambit

R · Instant

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.

Similar cards

Color identity:
NameManaTypeText
Elderfang Venom 2BGEnchantment Attacking Elves you control have deathtouch. Whenever an Elf you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Mirran Crusader 1WWCreature — Human Knight Double strike, protection from black and from green 2/2
Experimental Frenzy 3REnchantment You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. You can't play lands or cast spells from your hand. {3}{R}: Destroy Experimental Frenzy.
Assault Formation 1GEnchantment Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
Park Heights Maverick 2GCreature — Human Soldier Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for the most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Park Heights Maverick can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever Park Heights Maverick deals combat damage to a player or dies, proliferate. 2/2
Turf War 4REnchantment When Turf War enters the battlefield, for each player, put a contested counter on target land that player controls. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player, if that player controls one or more lands with contested counters on them, that creature's controller gains control of one of those lands of their choice and untaps it.
Cursed Rack 4Artifact As Cursed Rack enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.
Scalpelexis 4UCreature — Beast Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top four cards of their library. If two or more of those cards have the same name, repeat this process. 1/5
For the Family GInstant Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control four or more creatures, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.
Liu Bei, Lord of Shu 3WWLegendary Creature — Human Soldier Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.) Liu Bei, Lord of Shu gets +2/+2 as long as you control a permanent named Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior or a permanent named Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior. 2/4
Page 592