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◇ Catalog #78

Desperate Measures

tdm·#78·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Gaboleps

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.19 · low $0.17

NM$0.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.17–$0.19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.19low $0.03range 533.3%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,871 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.31

Nonfoil$0.18

Gameplay

Instant

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

"Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return." —Mardu parting

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-04-04wotc

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.

2025-04-04wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.19 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from TDM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #78 of *Tarkir: Dragonstorm*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2025 Tarkir: Dragonstorm release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,871 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Gaboleps. Rarix catalogs 234 other cards credited to this artist.