---
name: "Desperate Ravings"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "C19"
set_name: "Commander 2019"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "8b96c334-82c7-4511-805e-f04c27514d7c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-ravings-c19"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Desperate Ravings
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then discard a card at random.
Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *Она совершенно лишилась разума, но при этом говорила одну лишь правду.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Faithless Looting](/printing/faithless-looting-pidw.md) — Sorcery
2. [Laughing Mad](/printing/laughing-mad-fin.md) — Instant
3. [Electric Revelation](/printing/electric-revelation-mid.md) — Instant
4. [Thrill of Possibility](/printing/thrill-of-possibility-one.md) — Instant
5. [Tormenting Voice](/printing/tormenting-voice-sir.md) — Sorcery
6. [Frantic Search](/printing/frantic-search-cmm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2019 (C19) #137
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **Total Printings:** 30 across all historical editions

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