Desperate Measures

Instant

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

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm TDM	78	Apr 2025	$0.24	$0.28

TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.

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Apr 4, 2025
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.
Apr 4, 2025
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.

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