---
name: "Gallant Strike"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Brent Hollowell"
oracle_id: "04dcda3b-3401-4523-8b97-b700a14feb36"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gallant-strike-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gallant Strike
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *El fantasma aulló cuando Terrin lo ensartó con la espada. Quizá una segunda muerte le enseñaría a no meterse con su perro.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Radiant's Judgment](/printing/radiants-judgment-j22.md) — Instant
2. [Sungold Barrage](/printing/sungold-barrage-dbl.md) — Instant
3. [Collar the Culprit](/printing/collar-the-culprit-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Repel Calamity](/printing/repel-calamity-soa.md) — Instant
5. [Citywide Bust](/printing/citywide-bust-c20.md) — Sorcery
6. [Triumphant Surge](/printing/triumphant-surge-thb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #13
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Brent Hollowell
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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