Desperate Futurescribe — ruling 1

If you have both scried and surveilled this turn, you will still put only one +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Desperate Futurescribe : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

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Official card text

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you've scried or surveilled this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature instead.

How it works : Desperate Futurescribe

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 21, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
If you have both scried and surveilled this turn, you will still put only one +1/+1 counter on that creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.