---
name: "Desperate Ritual"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "MMA"
set_name: "Modern Masters"
collector_number: "110"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Darrell Riche"
oracle_id: "3620ab8f-b693-4225-bb96-5ca3cb3fa465"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-ritual-mma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Desperate Ritual
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Add {R}{R}{R}.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pyretic Ritual](/printing/pyretic-ritual-m11.md) — Instant
2. [Into the Fray](/printing/into-the-fray-sok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Through the Breach](/printing/through-the-breach-uma.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Glacial Ray](/printing/glacial-ray-pal04.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Nevermind](/printing/nevermind-unk.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Torrent of Stone](/printing/torrent-of-stone-mma.md) — Instant — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters (MMA) #110
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Darrell Riche
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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