Illusory Ambusher 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
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
How it works : Illusory Ambusher
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Creatures may be dealt damage greater than their toughness. For example, if a source deals 5 damage to Illusory Ambusher, you'll draw five cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Illusory Ambusher blocks a creature with trample, that creature's controller can assign any amount of damage from 1 to that creature's power to Illusory Ambusher. Excess damage doesn't have to be assigned to the defending player.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Feast of Sanity + Illusory Ambusher
- 1Proceed to your cleanup step, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size and remove all damage from all permanents.
- 2Feast of Sanity triggers for each card discarded this way.
- 3Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to Illusory Ambusher and causing you to gain one life.
- 4Illusory Ambusher triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 5Repeat from step 3 as necessary for each remaining trigger.
- 6Once all triggers have been resolved, and all players pass priority, another cleanup step will occur, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size and remove all damage from all permanents.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
The Locust God + Illusory Ambusher + Terror of the Peaks
- 1Give The Locust God indestructible by any method.
- 2Draw a card by any method.
- 3The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token with flying and haste.
- 4The Insect enters the battlefield, triggering Terror of the Peaks, dealing 1 damage to Illusory Ambusher.
- 5Illusory Ambusher triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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