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◇ Catalog #185

Desperate Plea

tle·#185·rare·extended_art

Illus. Shiyu

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Nov '25

9 mo ago

Value

$1.76+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.79 · low $0.72

NM$0.76

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.70–$0.80modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.18low $0.59range 100.0%n 99

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,090 · Fringe play

Variants

Extended Art$0.76

Gameplay

Sorcery — Lesson

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield if its power is less than or equal to the sacrificed creature's power. • Destroy target creature.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2025-10-02wotc

Because you select targets for Desperate Plea before paying its additional cost, the first mode cannot target and return the creature you sacrificed.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.76. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.59 and $1.18 across 99 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TLE — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #185 of *Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2025 Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal release.

Card type: Sorcery — Lesson, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,090 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Shiyu. Rarix catalogs 13 other cards credited to this artist.