Ambuscade
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #110
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.19 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Kev Walker
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
"Spent a lifetime learning from predators. Picked up a few tricks."
Rulings
If the creature you control leaves the battlefield before Ambuscade resolves, Ambuscade has no effect and no damage is dealt. If the creature an opponent controls leaves the battlefield instead, the creature you control gets +1/+0 even though it won't deal any damage.
