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Desperate Measures

Black

1 printing listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Desperate Measures, Tarkir: Dragonstorm printing
Tarkir: Dragonstorm TDM · No. 78 2025-04-11

Card text

{B}
Instant
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
"Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return." —Mardu parting
EDHREC rank #11619 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

2 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

As long as you control it, you will get to draw two cards when the target creature goes to the graveyard, regardless of whether it died due to having 0 toughness or something else.

2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast

If the creature is no longer a creature at the time it goes to the graveyard, you will still draw two cards if you controlled it at that time.

2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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