Ambush
Homelands 62 • common
- Set
- Homelands
- Collector number
- 62
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Blocking creatures gain first strike until end of turn.
"Don't these goons have anything better to do?"— Joskun, An-Havva Constable
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ambush was released in 1995 as part of the Homelands expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed as a small, story-driven set, Homelands focused on the plane of Ulgrotha, a world defined by its grim atmosphere and struggle against various supernatural threats. As a common instant, the card was intended to provide simple, low-cost utility for players within the game's evolving mechanics during the mid-nineties.
The card’s visual aesthetic was crafted by illustrator Alan Rabinowitz, who sought to capture the sudden, perilous nature of an unexpected attack within the bleak thematic landscape of Ulgrotha. While the card is often cited by collectors for its niche mechanical role and its place in one of the game's earliest expansions, it remains a modest example of the conceptual art style that defined Magic's early creative direction before the game transitioned into more standardized artistic guidelines.
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