Desperate Measures
Instant
TDMTarkir: Dragonstorm#78uncommon
Foil
"Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return." —Mardu parting
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 313
- Illustrator
- Gaboleps
- Found in
- Tarkir Dragonstorm MTGO Redemption · Tarkir Dragonstorm Prerelease Booster Mardu · 4 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
Plays as: Card Draw
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-4.2%
$0.23
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil-5.9%
$0.32
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.23as of 2026-07-12
-4.2%
H $0.99L $0.05since Mar 2025$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.32as of 2026-07-12
-5.9%
H $1.80L $0.12since Mar 2025$0.01
$0.08
-$0.07-700% · buylist > ask
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Cheapest playable copy$0.23· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest Apr 4, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 4, 2025
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.
- WotCApr 4, 2025
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.