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Desperate Measures

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm·tdm #78·Uncommon·2025·Art by Gaboleps
StandardLegal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal
Desperate Measures
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Oracle Text

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

Print Details

Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
Number
#78
Rarity
Uncommon
Artist
Gaboleps
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.24
USD Foil
$0.33
EUR
€0.08
EUR Foil
€0.21
MTGO Tix
0.03

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings2

4/4/2025·wotc

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.

4/4/2025·wotc

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.

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