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Illusionist's Gambit

· Instant · Commander 2013 (C13)

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Times Brought

169

Decks Running

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Card text

Illusionist's Gambit

Instant

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.

Commander 2013 (C13) · Rare · Illustrated by Zoltan Boros

Final zone distribution

41 instances

2.4%

Library

4.9%

Battlefield

36.6%

Graveyard

2.4%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

169 brought · 75 players

Brought to game

169

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.

How is Playgroup Live card data collected?

Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting. Playgroup has recorded 680,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.