Gamble

Sorcery

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

hootsnag on Jhoira Draw Fast Win

3 weeks ago

Tolaria West either comes into play tapped or takes 2 blue and 1 colorless to transmute. It just takes too long I think. I'm trying to speed this deck up as much as possible. I can see edge use cases for it but overall it will probably slow me down more than just a regular Island or fetch land. GambleGC is one of those cards I just can't run. I wished the discard wasn't random lol.

SufferFromEDHD on Jhoira Draw Fast Win

3 weeks ago

More draw?! You are in Izzet. Lots of Wheel effects to choose from.

You will usually have a full hand... GambleGC?

Tolaria West agree to disagree. Grabs whatever jewelry you need!

NV_1980 on I'm Zirilan, And These Are My Cousins! *PRIMER*

1 month ago

Your reasoning for including Fury of the Horde is sound. I'll make a note to try it out at some point in the pods I frequent. If it performs as well as you say, I'll consider adding it to the base-list you see above. I'm not going to include GambleGC; too many bad experiences with this card.

SufferFromEDHD on I'm Zirilan, And These Are My Cousins! *PRIMER*

1 month ago

I'm gonna push back on Fury of the Horde. It's a surprise game ending silver bullet. For example, going alphabetically take the first 4 dragons in your list. They all have combat step triggers. You have multiple ways of untapping Zirilan and you are running the best enchantments for cheating creatures too. Now you can tap out and win a turn earlier!

I missed it first time around but GambleGC might be worthy of a spot.

jethstriker on Unbalanced Cycles in MtG

1 month ago

The original boon cycle was designed by Richard Garfield himself, and he was aware that Ancestral Recall was significantly more powerful than the rest. That's why he put it at rare while the rest are at common. So right from the beginning the creator of the game himself already set the tone that cycles aren't meant to be created equal. What I don't like in cycles is almost always red gets the short end:

The color-aligned legendary lands of Urza's Saga. Tolarian Academy is broken, followed by powerhouses Gaea's CradleGC and Serra's SanctumGC, followed far down the line is the decent Phyrexian Tower, then at the very bottom is Shivan Gorge.

In more recent times they created another "force" cycle in Modern Horizons. Again blue is on top with Force of Negation, followed by Force of Vigor and Force of Despair. Then once again red is at the bottom with white with Force of Rage and Force of Virtue.

The worst I can remember is they omitted red entirely in a cycle. In Mirage they printed 3 tutors: Enlightened TutorGC, Mystical TutorGC, and Worldly TutorGC. The following set came Vampiric TutorGC. Then Weatherlight came and there was no red tutor on it. I just personally imagine that GambleGC is the unofficial red member of the tutor cycle to clear my mind on this.

theNeroTurtle on Etalian nightmare (High power brack4)

5 months ago

Wheel of Fortune should find its way outside of the maybe board. Just saying. I like the combos you have. Personally, if it takes more than two cards to work, it's too much work. I am glad to see you actually playing GambleGC. Too many red players are too scared of that card for some silly reason.

theNeroTurtle on Red Dragon

5 months ago

I think that your secondary Commander “Background” would best be Dragon Cultist. As for the rest of the deck, it really comes down to your budget to be honest. EDH comes down to synergy. GambleGC is a great card, but most people are too weak to consider it.

Strong Cards:

Blood Moon

Faithless Looting

Deflecting SwatGC

Lightning Bolt

Soul's Fire

Chaos Warp

Lands:

Rogue's Passage

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Flamekin Village

Dragons:

Wrathful Red Dragon

Dragon Tempest

Caldera Pyremaw

Planeswalkers:

Koth, Fire of Resistance – first ability

Sarkhan, Dragonsoul – final ability

When I am goofing off with a build, I use a website called EDHREC. Here is the LINK to the site already set with suggestions using Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat and Dragon Cultist as your dual Commanders. The key to Commander is being able to have a balance of mana ramp and removal mixed in.

Also, a lot of EDH is big on comboing out to win the game instantly. Here is a EDHREC LINK to combos that would synergize well in Red for your suggested Commanders.

koth_of_the_bummer on Akroma, Angel of 21

8 months ago

Thanks for the suggestions SufferFromEDHD!

I'm mono red player at heart, though I played lots for deck variety over the years. Red Akroma is truly a bomb once she goes off. Now regarding with your suggestions:

GambleGC - I'm actually considering this, but I only have one copy and its on my Jund Coram Deck.

Lotus Field / Lotus Vale - yup seriously considering it as a replacement for Gilded Lotus.

Arena of Glory - I'll probably get this over Flamekin Village

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx / Nyx Lotus - probably no since as you have said, I don't have many permanents with {R} in the deck.