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Alchemist's Gambit, art by Zoltan Boros
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Alchemist's Gambit

{1}{R}{R} · Sorcery

Cleave {4}{U}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Take an extra turn after this one. During that turn, damage can't be prevented. [At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.] Exile Alchemist's Gambit.

Rulings (7)

Nov 19, 2021 · If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.

Nov 19, 2021 · Exiling Alchemist's Gambit happens as part of its resolution. If the spell is countered, it will go to the graveyard as normal.

Nov 19, 2021 · If you somehow skip the extra turn Alchemist's Gambit gives you or skip that turn's end step, the delayed triggered ability never triggers. (If you cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost, the delayed triggered ability is never created at all.)

Nov 19, 2021 · If multiple “extra turn” effects resolve in the same turn, the most recently created turn will be taken first.

Nov 19, 2021 · You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.

Nov 19, 2021 · If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

Nov 19, 2021 · A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

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Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=90 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Ruby StormLegacy100%1
Vivi OrnitiercEDH50%4
Ruby StormModern1.2%85
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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