Desperate Measures
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 78
Oracle Text
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 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.
Source: wotc - April 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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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