Decoy Gambit
Click the card to switch sides
Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2020C20 · #32
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.28 € · 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ravenna Tran
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-04-17
Flavour text
"We'll distract them. The rest of you, get out of here!" —Alux, Skysail defender
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.
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.
If a creature targeted by Decoy Gambit changes controller, it’s no longer a legal target.