Desperate Gambit

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Legality

Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planechase Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Desperate Gambit

Instant

Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

tiffanyann on CATCH THESE HANDS ♡ (YUSRI FOOT FETISH) (UPDATED!)

2 years ago

KibaAlpha that's cuz it is. :)

Peoyogon Played 6, won 1. Deck is consistent at flipping and card draw. Land base needs some work still. Yusri is definitely gonna hit you in the face so best to get lifelink on him fast. Keep a Desperate Gambit in hand for some janky all or nothing protection. I like extra turns over extra combat so that might be the next thing that gets fixed. I absolutely have fun playing this deck.

king-saproling on CATCH THESE HANDS ♡ (YUSRI FOOT FETISH) (UPDATED!)

2 years ago

The list looks great so far. Refining randomness does sound tricky. I think you could make it a little more consistent by swapping out the fun chaos cards like Desperate Gambit for more extra combat things like Relentless Assault or tutors like Vedalken AEthermage, but then again the coin-flip cards are unique and on theme. Like you said, the list has a nice balance of chaos and combo, so I suppose it depends on whether you want it to dip further toward one theme or the other.

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davidlbd on

4 years ago

Hello WarpedZerghead and thanks for your suggestion :)

I feel like I have enough redundancy for this kind of effect with Dictate of the Twin Gods, Gratuitous Violence, Quest for Pure Flame, Overblaze, Fiendish Duo and Desperate Gambit.

In addition, Furnace of Rath is nice but I find upsides to each other damage doubler I actually run.

tanman on RNG Rakdos

5 years ago

so seems like a fun deck but I think you should add more rng coin flipping I like the demon imp and devil subtheme but krark's other thumb actually doesn't seem to have a trigger in the deck but here are some cards that flip coins in those colors Aleatory Boompile Chance Encounter Chaotic Goo Chaotic Strike Creepy Doll Crooked Scales Desperate Gambit Fiery Gambit Fighting Chance Game of Chaos Goblin Archaeologist Goblin Bomb Goblin Kaboomist Karplusan Minotaur Mana Clash Planar Chaos Puppet's Verdict Risky Move those are the ones i found and i think you should run at least some of them

NoOneOfConsequence on Insert Coin To Play [Primer]

5 years ago

If I were you, I'd follow the '25%' rule--that is, yes, you obviously don't want to just jam all the crap in the game that says 'flip a coin' into this deck and forget to include things like card draw and counterspells and so on. Nonetheless, even 75% of your deck being dedicated to your 'theme' is fine. Maybe something like Fighting Chance or even Desperate Gambit might be worth playing here, for situations I'm sure you can imagine. Don't go cutting your coin-flipping cards for them, though (unless they're just strictly worse)!

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