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Alchemist's Gambit
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Alchemist's Gambit

{1}{R}{R}

Sorcery

Cleave {4}{U}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)

Take an extra turn after this one. During that turn, damage can't be prevented. [At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.]

Exile Alchemist's Gambit.

Cleave
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos (PVOW #140s)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2021-11-19
Artist
Zoltan Boros
EDHREC rank
#10,494
Colour identity
{R}{U}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

2 +
Bracket 2 and up — Core
Extra turns

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.43
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 6

Fire Lord Azula+Narset's Reversal+Vedalken Orrery+Alchemist's Gambit
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite turnsLock
Riku of Two Reflections+Narset's Reversal+Alchemist's Gambit
{G}{U}{R}
Infinite turnsLock
Fire Lord Azula+Narset's Reversal+Valley Floodcaller+Alchemist's Gambit
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite turnsLock
Fire Lord Azula+Narset's Reversal+Hypersonic Dragon+Alchemist's Gambit
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite turnsLock
Fire Lord Azula+Narset's Reversal+Tidal Barracuda+Alchemist's Gambit
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite turnsLock
Fire Lord Azula+Narset's Reversal+Alchemist's Gambit+Whirlwing Stormbrood // Dynamic Soar
{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite turnsLock

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2021-11-19

    A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.

  • 2021-11-19

    Exiling Alchemist's Gambit happens as part of its resolution. If the spell is countered, it will go to the graveyard as normal.

  • 2021-11-19

    If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

  • 2021-11-19

    If multiple “extra turn” effects resolve in the same turn, the most recently created turn will be taken first.

  • 2021-11-19

    If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.

  • 2021-11-19

    If you somehow skip the extra turn Alchemist's Gambit gives you or skip that turn's end step, the delayed triggered ability never triggers. (If you cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost, the delayed triggered ability is never created at all.)

  • 2021-11-19

    You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.

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