---
name: "Flaming Gambit"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "fab8c985-d7a9-41eb-9884-01128b97af5c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flaming-gambit-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flaming Gambit
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Flaming Gambit deals X damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller may choose a creature they control and have Flaming Gambit deal that damage to it instead.
Flashback {X}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Geistflame](/printing/geistflame-isd.md) — Instant
2. [Conflagrate](/printing/conflagrate-uma.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ghitu Fire](/printing/ghitu-fire-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fanning the Flames](/printing/fanning-the-flames-tpr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Devil's Play](/printing/devils-play-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Flaring Pain](/printing/flaring-pain-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #98
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **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`