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Desperate MeasuresHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Tarkir: Dragonstorm· April 11, 2025
Carte Magic Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.

How it works : Desperate Measures

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemydueltlr
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