Alchemist's Gambit is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Cleave(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.
How it works : Alchemist's Gambit
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If multiple “extra turn” effects resolve in the same turn, the most recently created turn will be taken first.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Exiling Alchemist's Gambit happens as part of its resolution. If the spell is countered, it will go to the graveyard as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
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
, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Vedalken Orrery + Alchemist's Gambit
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its firebending ability, adding .
- 2Holding priority, cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost.
- 3Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell.
- 5Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Narset's Reversal, targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, causing you to copy Narset's Reversal targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell, and then return the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 7Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 8Resolve both copies of Alchemist's Gambit from steps 3 and 7, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
Riku of Two Reflections + Narset's Reversal + Alchemist's Gambit
- 1Cast Alchemist's Gambit for its cleave cost by paying
. - 2Riku's first ability triggers - choose not to pay.
- 3Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Riku's first ability triggers, causing you to pay to copy Narset's Reversal, with the copy targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 5Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying the original Narset's Reversal targeting Alchemist's Gambit, and returning the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal created in step 5, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 7Resolve Alchemist's Gambit, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 8Repeat each turn.
Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Valley Floodcaller + Alchemist's Gambit
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its firebending ability, adding .
- 2Holding priority, cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost.
- 3Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell.
- 5Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Narset's Reversal, targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, causing you to copy Narset's Reversal targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell, and then return the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 7Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 8Resolve both copies of Alchemist's Gambit from steps 3 and 7, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Hypersonic Dragon + Alchemist's Gambit
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its firebending ability, adding .
- 2Holding priority, cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost.
- 3Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell.
- 5Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Narset's Reversal, targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, causing you to copy Narset's Reversal targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell, and then return the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 7Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 8Resolve both copies of Alchemist's Gambit from steps 3 and 7, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Tidal Barracuda + Alchemist's Gambit
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its firebending ability, adding .
- 2Holding priority, cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost.
- 3Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell.
- 5Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Narset's Reversal, targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, causing you to copy Narset's Reversal targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell, and then return the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 7Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 8Resolve both copies of Alchemist's Gambit from steps 3 and 7, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Alchemist's Gambit + Whirlwing Stormbrood // Dynamic Soar
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its firebending ability, adding .
- 2Holding priority, cast Alchemist's Gambit by paying its cleave cost.
- 3Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Alchemist's Gambit.
- 4Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal by paying , targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell.
- 5Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying Narset's Reversal, targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 6Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, causing you to copy Narset's Reversal targeting the original Alchemist's Gambit spell, and then return the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 7Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, copying Alchemist's Gambit and returning the original Alchemist's Gambit to your hand.
- 8Resolve both copies of Alchemist's Gambit from steps 3 and 7, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
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