---
name: "Desperate Gambit"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Double"]
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "d8328d27-e27f-4c84-8ab5-cabb80a34f54"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-gambit-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Desperate Gambit
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Double

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Impulsive Maneuvers](/printing/impulsive-maneuvers-plst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Fiery Gambit](/printing/fiery-gambit-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Winter Sky](/printing/winter-sky-hml.md) — Sorcery
4. [Goblin Bangchuckers](/printing/goblin-bangchuckers-m12.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
5. [Game of Chaos](/printing/game-of-chaos-ice.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fighting Chance](/printing/fighting-chance-exo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #96
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`