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Desperate Measures TDM 0078 · uncommon

Desperate Measures · {B} · Instant · Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards. · "Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return."
—Mardu parting

Price: from $0.241 printing
Win rate: 52.3% GIH 7,655 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands
Found in: MTGO Redemption →

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 4,001 wins in 7,655 card-in-hand instances.

7,436 distinct games · 3,061 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

52.3%when drawn (GIH)

−2.8 pp vs 55.0% average · 7,655 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#213 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.9 on average (79,952 packs).

22 of 33 black cards · 9 of 13 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick8.98,825 picks

Makes the deck39.3%8,825 picks with known usage

When played53.2%18,182.1 matchesBenched 55.1%
26,994.9 matches

When drawn52.3%7,655 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 51.3% · 3,224 instances
● Drawn later 53.0% · 4,431 instances

In hand 52.3% · 7,655 instances
Unseen in deck 54.0% · 11,717 instances
−1.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn52.3%7,655 instances22 of 33

Opening hand51.3%3,224 instances20 of 33

Drawn later53.0%4,431 instances19 of 33

In the deck53.3%19,396 instances18 of 33

Without seeing it54.0%11,717 instances4 of 33

Improvement when drawn−1.8 pp7,655 instances / 11,717 instances28 of 33

When benched55.1%26,994.9 matches4 of 34

Makes the deck39.3%8,825 picks with known usage24 of 34

Pick (last seen)5.979,952 packs21 of 34

Taken at8.98,825 picks21 of 34

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Sacrifice WB57.8% ◌289 instances

Counters BG53.8% ◌104 instances

Black–Red BR43.3%30 instances · under 100 Blue–Black UB20.0%5 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.3% · 7,655 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Reigning Victor+6.1 pp4,457 games with both in the deck · 896 both drawn

How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 16% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Regular printing

TDM 0078

$0.24 · foil $0.30

Prices

TDM 0078 · Regular printingListings ↗

Finish	Found in	Price
Nonfoil	Play Booster · MTGO Redemption	$0.24
Foil	Play Booster	$0.30

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in: Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration: Gaboleps, TDM 78 · Scryfall ↗
More like this: Regular printing printings →
Sources: Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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