Decoy Gambit
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Commander 2020 #32 (rare)
- Price
- $0.24 USD
For each opponent, choose up to one target creature that player controls, then return that creature to its owner's hand unless its controller has you draw a card.
Decoy Gambit has 1 printing, first in Commander 2020 (2020). EDHREC ranks it #14,169 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hinata, Dawn-Crowned decks (1,194 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Decoy Gambit
- Arcane Maelstrom - Commander 2020, led by Kalamax, the Stormsire
Commanders that run Decoy Gambit most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hinata, Dawn-Crowned: 1,194 decks
- Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary: 3 decks
- Baxter, Fly in the Ointment: 3 decks
- Graviton, Fundamental Force: 1 decks
Often played with Decoy Gambit
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : As the Decoy Gambit resolves, first the next opponent in turn order (or, if it’s an opponent’s turn, the opponent whose turn it is) chooses whether you’ll draw a card or return their creature that was targeted to its owner’s hand, then each other opponent in turn order does so knowing the choices made before them. After all choices are made, you draw the appropriate number of cards. After you’ve drawn, the appropriate creatures are all simultaneously returned to their owners’ hands.
- : If a creature targeted by Decoy Gambit changes controller, it’s no longer a legal target.
- : For each opponent, if you didn’t choose a target creature they control or if that creature has become an illegal target, that player can’t choose for you to draw a card.