---
name: "Desperate Plea"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TLE"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Shiyu"
oracle_id: "bc1ea0ba-46bf-49b6-af95-51eaf1ab915e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-plea-tle"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Desperate Plea
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tormented Thoughts](/printing/tormented-thoughts-jou.md) — Sorcery
2. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
3. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
4. [Worthy Cost](/printing/worthy-cost-tdm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
6. [Blood for Bones](/printing/blood-for-bones-m20.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #103
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Shiyu
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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