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Desperate Stand

{R}{W}

Sorcery

Journey into Nyx·jou #147·Uncommon·2014·Art by Raymond Swanland
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

— This spell costs {R}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain first strike and vigilance until end of turn.

At the Akroan gates, hoplites revived the tactics of Kytheon Iora's infamous irregulars.

Print Details

Set
Journey into Nyx (JOU)
Number
#147
Rarity
Uncommon
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.10
USD Foil
$0.25
EUR
0.09
EUR Foil
0.32
MTGO Tix
0.03

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings5

4/26/2014·wotc

If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

4/26/2014·wotc

You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.

4/26/2014·wotc

If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If one or more of its targets are legal when it tries to resolve, the spell will resolve and affect only those legal targets. It will have no effect on any illegal targets.

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