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Desperate Measures
UncommonColour IDMV 1
Instant
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
Card capabilities
Card drawInstant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (2)
wotc4 Apr 2025
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.
wotc4 Apr 2025
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.
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