Cunning Strike
Instant
FRFFate Reforged#150common
Foil
"The opponent who blocks the path, becomes the path." —Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 593
- Illustrator
- Clint Cearley
- Found in
- Fate Reforged MTGO Redemption · Fate Reforged Intro Pack Cunning Plan · 4 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Cunning Strike deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Draw a card.
Plays as: Burn
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-7.7%
$0.12
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+7.7%
$0.42
$0.09 low$0.01 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.12as of 2026-07-12
-7.7%
H $0.13L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.42as of 2026-07-12
+7.7%
H $0.49L $0.10since Feb 2024$0.09
$0.08
$0.01+11% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.12· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Nov 24, 2014 · one tap opens all
- WotCNov 24, 2014
You can’t cast Cunning Strike unless you target both a creature and a player. If one target (but not both) is illegal as Cunning Strike resolves, it deals damage to the remaining legal target and you draw a card. If both targets are illegal, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t draw a card in that case.