Illusionist's Gambit
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2013-10-17
If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack.
- 2013-10-17
Creatures that didn't attack during the combat phase when Illusionist's Gambit resolved aren't required to attack in the additional combat phase, although they may. Those creatures can attack you or a planeswalker you control.
- 2013-10-17
If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Illusionist's Gambit, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fantastic Four | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ms. Bumbleflower | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Bant 1 deck
- Four-Color (no Black) 1 deck
Every version of Illusionist's Gambit
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.34
Wilds of Eldraine Commander
- Normal
- $0.38
Commander 2013
- Normal
- $0.41
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Illusionist's Gambit — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.