Desperate Gambit

1 printing · from $0.60 · pictured: Weatherlight #96

$0.17

cheapest of 22 store offers · see all

market $0.60

Mana cost: {R}

Type: Instant

Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Artist: Pete Venters

Released: 1997-06-09

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.60
  • Cardmarket: €0.55
  • MTGO tix: 0.05
$0.61$0.44
231 days of daily prices for Desperate Gambit: $0.46 to $0.60
2026-01-252026-11-12
231 days tracked · $0.46 → $0.60 (+30%) · low $0.44 · high $0.61
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Weatherlight #96) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.17today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.17today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.23today
401 GamesDM · todayDMregularCA$0.40today
CardTraderSP · 2 days agoSPregular€0.342 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.42today
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.612 days ago
CardTraderMP · 2 days agoMPregular€0.392 days ago
CardTraderHP · 2 days agoHPregular€0.432 days ago
Everything GamesSP · 5 days agoSPregularCA$0.805 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.54today
CardTraderDM · 2 days agoDMregular€1.102 days ago
Card KingdomMP · 3 days agoMPregular$1.393 days ago

Truncated: 9 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 22 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 15 lists

All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Weatherlight#96 · uncommon96uncommon$0.60