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Cunning Strike

Magic: The GatheringFate Reforged#150

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Mana cost

Fate ReforgedFRF · #150

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.06 € · ★ 0.31 € · 0.10 $ · ★ 0.23 $
Mana value: 5
Colour: Blue Red

Card text

Cunning Strike deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player or planeswalker. Draw a card.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Clint Cearley
Card language: English
Release date: 2015-01-23

Flavour text

"The opponent who blocks the path, becomes the path." —Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

Rulings

2014-11-24

You can’t cast Cunning Strike unless you target both a creature and a player. If one target (but not both) is illegal as Cunning Strike resolves, it deals damage to the remaining legal target and you draw a card. If both targets are illegal, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t draw a card in that case.