Tavern Swindler
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Human Rogue
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Core Set 2021 #124 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.27 USD
{T}, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Tavern Swindler has 7 printings, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #12,295 among Commander cards. It appears most in Rowan, Scion of War decks (1,575 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Tavern Swindler most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Rowan, Scion of War: 1,575 decks
- Setzer, Wandering Gambler: 1,297 decks
- Betor, Ancestor's Voice: 1,104 decks
- Gollum, Obsessed Stalker: 602 decks
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch: 391 decks
- Verrak, Warped Sengir: 283 decks
- Vilis, Broker of Blood: 229 decks
- Tivash, Gloom Summoner: 65 decks
Often played with Tavern Swindler
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can't activate Tavern Swindler's ability if your life total is less than 3. You can activate it if your life total is exactly 3, but it's probably a bad idea. You'll lose the game before the ability resolves.