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Desperate Plea

one generic manaone black manaSorcery — Lesson

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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.

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0.27 $

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8 printings · up to 1.06 $

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Desperate Plea rulings

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

Desperate Plea format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernNot legal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal

Other

  • TLRLegal

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