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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Desperate Measures

Equivalent black cards to Desperate Measures (sacrifice for effect) include:
1. Altar's Reap — Sacrifice a creature, draw two cards.
2. Village Rites — Sacrifice a creature, draw two cards.
3. Costly Plunder — Sacrifice an artifact or creature, draw two cards.

These are all black cards that require sacrificing as a cost for a beneficial effect.

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Altar's Reap #86 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
  • You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 1.13 USD
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR / 0.41 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.85 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,sacrificea creature. Draw two cards.

    Costly Plunder #80 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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  • You can't cast Costly Plunder without sacrificing a permanent, and you can't sacrifice additional permanents.
  • You can't sacrifice an artifact to generate mana to pay towards Costly Plunder's cost and also to pay its additional cost.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 0.23 USD
    Cardmarket 0.17 EUR / 0.3 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.2 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,sacrificean artifact or creature. Draw two cards.

    Desperate Measures #78 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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  • As long as you control it, you will get to draw two cards when the target creature goes to the graveyard, regardless of whether it died due to having 0 toughness or something else.
  • If the creature is no longer a creature at the time it goes to the graveyard, you will still draw two cards if you controlled it at that time.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.18 USD
    Cardmarket 0.26 EUR / 0.26 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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

    Village Rites #2248 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,sacrificea creature. Draw two cards.

    Altar's Reap Instant Normal - ~$0.48

    Costly Plunder Instant Normal - ~$0.26

    Desperate Measures Instant Normal - ~$0.24

    Village Rites Instant Normal

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