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◇ Catalog #1984

Desperate Ritual

sld·#1984·rare·borderless

Illus. Frank Frazetta

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wishlisted

Jun '25

1 yr ago

Value

$15.80+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $15 · low $14

NM$14.8

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$14–$16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $15low $12range 24.7%n 44

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,021 · Common include

Variants

Borderless$15

Gameplay

Instant — Arcane

Add {R}{R}{R}. Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2013-06-07wotc

If all of the spell’s targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen.

2013-06-07wotc

A card with a splice ability can’t be spliced onto itself because the spell is on the stack (and not in your hand) when you reveal the cards you want to splice onto it.

2013-06-07wotc

You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell.

2013-06-07

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $14.80. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $11.87 and $14.80 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #1984 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Instant — Arcane, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Splice.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,021 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Frank Frazetta. Rarix catalogs 10 other cards credited to this artist.