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Gallant Strike

Gallant Strike

Instant

uncommon

Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

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Semantic Tags

Cantripmechanical

A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.

Card Drawmechanical

Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.

Specifically removes creatures — destroy, exile, damage, or -X/-X.

Cyclingmechanical

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Cyclingvector

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Cycling Mattersmechanical

Cycling-focused strategy — payoffs for cycling, cycling triggers, Astral Drift effects.

Cycling-focused strategy — payoffs for cycling, cycling triggers, Astral Drift effects.

Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.

Mana Sinkmechanical

A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.

Removalmechanical

Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardlegal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemylegal

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Aetherdrift#13uncommon···

Related Concepts

Cycling

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Related Rules

702.29

Cycling

702.29a

Cycling is an activated ability that functions only while the card with cycling is in a player’s hand. “Cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Draw a card.”

702.29b

Although the cycling ability can be activated only if the card is in a player’s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with cycling will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.

702.29c

Some cards with cycling have abilities that trigger when they’re cycled. “When you cycle this card” means “When you discard this card to pay an activation cost of a cycling ability.” These abilities trigger from whatever zone the card winds up in after it’s cycled.

702.29e

Typecycling is a variant of the cycling ability. “[Type]cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a [type] card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.” This type is usually a subtype (as in “mountaincycling”) but can be any card type, subtype, supertype, or combination thereof (as in “basic landcycling”).

702.29f

Typecycling abilities are cycling abilities, and typecycling costs are cycling costs. Any cards that trigger when a player cycles a card will trigger when a card is discarded to pay an activation cost of a typecycling ability. Any effect that stops players from cycling cards will stop players from activating cards’ typecycling abilities. Any effect that increases or reduces a cycling cost will increase or reduce a typecycling cost. Any effect that looks for a card with cycling will find a card with typecycling.