---
name: "Desperate Measures"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gaboleps"
oracle_id: "f1f3df1c-5c51-445a-b66d-eee4aab23691"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-measures-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Desperate Measures
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.

> *"Canta por nosotros cuando partamos a la batalla y canta por nosotros si no regresamos".
—Despedida mardu*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A Good Day to Die](/printing/a-good-day-to-die-trk.md) — Instant
2. [Rabid Attack](/printing/rabid-attack-sos.md) — Instant
3. [You Are Already Dead](/printing/you-are-already-dead-neo.md) — Instant
4. [Deadly Embrace](/printing/deadly-embrace-fin.md) — Sorcery
5. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #78
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gaboleps
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`