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· 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· 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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