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◇ Catalog #266

Desperate Lunge

war·#266·common·nonfoil

Illus. Deruchenko Alexander

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May '19

7 yr ago

Value

$0.16+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.17 · low $0.15

NM$0.16

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.15–$0.17modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.28low $0.15range 2086.7%n 52

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,202 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.16

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Ravnica held its breath as the hero of the resistance—their last hope—flew through the sky, his dark sword ready to strike a god.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2019-05-03wotc

A creature gaining flying after it has been blocked by a creature without flying or reach won't remove the blocking creature from combat or cause the creature it blocked to become unblocked.

2019-05-03wotc

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Desperate Lunge tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain 2 life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.16. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.15 and $3.28 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WAR — the lineup includes 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 #266 of *War of the Spark*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2019 War of the Spark release.

Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #24,202 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Deruchenko Alexander. Rarix catalogs 324 other cards credited to this artist.