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Gamble
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Gamble

mythic · Sorcery · Special Guests
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$25.64
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Oracle Text

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

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
{R}Mana Cost
12Prints

Character Background

Gamble is one of Magic’s most iconic red tutors, perfectly capturing the reckless ingenuity of a color that would rather seize opportunity now than wait for certainty later. In gameplay, it best supports combo and value-oriented red shells, especially decks that can turn “discard a card at random” into an advantage instead of a drawback. The strongest use is to search for a key piece when your deck has redundancy, recursion, or graveyard payoff: think Reanimator-style strategies, Madness cards, flashback effects, or commanders that benefit from cards in the graveyard. It also plays well in tempo decks that can afford a little variance if the chosen card dramatically improves the current board or next turn. A smart deckbuilding tip is to pair Gamble with expendable cards, extra lands, or recursion engines like Underworld Breach-style effects, so the random discard becomes far less punishing.

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Character Background

Gamble is one of Magic’s most iconic red tutors, perfectly capturing the reckless ingenuity of a color that would rather seize opportunity now than wait for certainty later. In gameplay, it best supports combo and value-oriented red shells, especially decks that can turn “discard a card at random” into an advantage instead of a drawback. The strongest use is to search for a key piece when your deck has redundancy, recursion, or graveyard payoff: think Reanimator-style strategies, Madness cards, flashback effects, or commanders that benefit from cards in the graveyard. It also plays well in tempo decks that can afford a little variance if the chosen card dramatically improves the current board or next turn. A smart deckbuilding tip is to pair Gamble with expendable cards, extra lands, or recursion engines like Underworld Breach-style effects, so the random discard becomes far less punishing.

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