---
name: "Stronghold Gambit"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "797bb53d-b111-41fe-95d7-64cb0f833b22"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stronghold-gambit-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stronghold Gambit
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player chooses a card in their hand. Then each player reveals their chosen card. The owner of each creature card revealed this way with the lowest mana value puts it onto the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Goblin Game](/printing/goblin-game-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Slaughter the Strong](/printing/slaughter-the-strong-cmr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wheel of Misfortune](/printing/wheel-of-misfortune-slz.md) — Sorcery
4. [Strongarm Tactics](/printing/strongarm-tactics-ons.md) — Sorcery
5. [Animal Magnetism](/printing/animal-magnetism-ons.md) — Sorcery
6. [Destined Confrontation](/printing/destined-confrontation-tla.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #100
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`