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Desperate Lunge
CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
Card capabilities
InstantLife gain
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2019-05-03Newest 2024-11-15Cheapest priced $0.12 in J25
Rulings (2)
wotc3 May 2019
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.
wotc3 May 2019
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.
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