You're Ambushed on the Road
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms 43 • common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Collector number
- 43
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Choose one —
• Make a Retreat — Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.
• Stand and Fight — Target creature gets +1/+3 until end of turn.
"Hand over your loot and no one gets hurt!"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in July 2021 as part of the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms expansion, this card marked the first time Magic: The Gathering integrated the lore and aesthetic of Dungeons & Dragons into its core sets. The card was designed to capture the quintessential experience of a tabletop role-playing encounter, functioning as a modal spell that provides players with a choice between drawing cards or creating treasure tokens, reflecting the tactical flexibility required when facing an unexpected skirmish in a fantasy campaign.
The artwork was created by illustrator Andrey Kuzinskiy, who leaned into the dramatic, high-fantasy style synonymous with Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks. The composition depicts a classic woodland ambush scenario, emphasizing the tension of an adventuring party caught off guard. Within the community, the card was received as a flavorful interpretation of the 'dungeon master' experience, praised for its thematic cohesion and its ability to mechanically represent the risks and rewards of adventuring.
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