Stronghold Gambit

RareColour IDMV 2

Sorcery

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.

Card capabilities

Sorcery

Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.

Format legality

Primary formats

StandardNot legal PioneerNot legal ModernNot legal

Eternal formats

LegacyLegal VintageLegal PauperNot legal

Casual formats

CommanderLegal OathbreakerLegal BrawlNot legal Standard BrawlNot legal

Digital formats

HistoricNot legal TimelessNot legal AlchemyNot legal GladiatorNot legal Penny DreadfulNot legal

Historical formats

PremodernLegal Old SchoolNot legal PreDHLegal Future StandardNot legal Duel CommanderLegal

Other printings

This is the only English printing.

Rulings (2)

wotc4 Oct 2004

Creature cards which are revealed but are not the lowest cost, or any non-creature cards revealed remain in their owners’ hands and stop being revealed.

wotc4 Oct 2004

You don’t have to choose a creature card, but choosing a non creature does nothing except maybe bluff your opponent.

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Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.