---
name: "Illusionist's Gambit"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WOC"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine Commander"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "333745d9-e930-439b-94d6-3aeea2877f69"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illusionists-gambit-woc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Illusionist's Gambit
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.
Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [False Orders](/printing/false-orders-ced.md) — Instant
2. [Curtain of Light](/printing/curtain-of-light-sok.md) — Instant
3. [Command of Unsummoning](/printing/command-of-unsummoning-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Champion's Victory](/printing/champions-victory-ptk.md) — Instant
5. [Remove](/printing/remove-p02.md) — Instant
6. [Dazzling Beauty](/printing/dazzling-beauty-mir.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #97
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 17 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: `legal`