Tavern Swindler
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska 45 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Collector number
- 45
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Cynthia Sheppard
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
tap, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Rakdos cultists are her best customers. They never flinch at pain and are seldom good at math.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tavern Swindler was first printed as part of the Magic: The Gathering set Return to Ravnica in 2012, later appearing as card number 45 in the 2014 Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska product. This specific Duel Deck set was designed to pit the blue-aligned planeswalker Jace Beleren against the black-green aligned planeswalker Vraska, focusing on the thematic conflict between their respective ideologies and color identities within the Ravnica plane.
The card was illustrated by Volkan Baga, who utilized a dramatic, low-light aesthetic to capture the illicit nature of the character. The design emphasizes the gamble inherent to the creature's ability, which allows players to pay life for a chance to gain double the amount back. It was received by players as a quintessential high-variance 'black' card, often viewed as a flavorful addition to casual formats and thematic decks centered around luck and risk-taking.
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