---
name: "Fighting Chance"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mike Raabe"
oracle_id: "fece632b-d8d5-4d3d-a4a7-643293b67538"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fighting-chance-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fighting Chance
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
For each blocking creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chaotic Strike](/printing/chaotic-strike-inv.md) — Instant
2. [Impulsive Maneuvers](/printing/impulsive-maneuvers-plst.md) — Enchantment
3. [Aleatory](/printing/aleatory-mir.md) — Instant
4. [Tide of War](/printing/tide-of-war-chk.md) — Enchantment
5. [Desperate Gambit](/printing/desperate-gambit-wth.md) — Instant
6. [Ydwen Efreet](/printing/ydwen-efreet-me1.md) — Creature — Efreet

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #82
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mike Raabe
- **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`