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Alchemist's Gambit

{1}{R}{R}

Sorcery

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Extended Art
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Zoltan Boros
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
Cleave
Plays as:
Extra Turns
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.15 low$0.11 gap
$0.25 low-$0.35 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.34· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.380.0%30D
30D range$0.37to$0.38Since Feb 2024:H $0.51L $0.25
Foil$0.46+2.2%30D1.21× nonfoil
30D range$0.45to$0.46Since Feb 2024:H $0.59L $0.33

Other printings

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Combos

Rulings

7 · latest Nov 19, 2021
  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

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

  • WotCNov 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.

  • WotCNov 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.)

  • WotCNov 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.