Desperate Measures: One Bite, Two Cards

Desperate Measures functions as a precise tactical tool for a turn where a small sacrifice gains card advantage. The instant speed allows you to push a blocker or a chump into a lethal trade by giving it +1/−1 until end of turn and then capitalizing if it dies under your control to draw two cards. Use it to force trades, bait removal, or set up a favorable blocker exchange while maintaining tempo.

The card sits well in discard and sacrifice shells on Tarkir era themes and provides a compact, low cost answer that converts a creature loss into resource gain. Played from hand or flash backed through recursion effects it can refill your hand at the right moment. Practical, efficient, and situationally powerful, it rewards timing and reads of the battlefield. Consider it for decks that want tempo with upside in midgame skirmishes.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {B}
• Card Type – Instant
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Target creature gets +1/−1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
• Power / Toughness – Not applicable
• Loyalty – Not applicable