Desperate Plea
| Name | Desperate Plea |
|---|---|
| Type | Sorcery — lesson |
| Description | As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield if its power is less than or equal to the sacrificed creature's power. • Destroy target creatureSee more |
| Artist | Shiyu |
| Set | Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal #185 |
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About Desperate Plea
Desperate Plea, Sorcery — lesson, designed by Shiyu first released in November 2025 in the set Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.34.
Desperate Plea would benefit a deck that focuses on sacrificing creatures for value, such as a Black sacrifice-themed deck with cheap creatures that can easily be sacrificed. While Desperate Plea can be situationally useful for recursion or removal, more versatile and powerful options like \[\[Attrition\]\] for sacrificing creatures or \[\[Fatal Push\]\] for creature removal would likely be better choices in most cases. Desperate Plea might see play as a budget option or in specific strategies that can take advantage of its unique effects, but overall, it may not be a top-tier card in competitive Magic: the Gathering.
Rules
10/02/2025
Because you select targets for Desperate Plea before paying its additional cost, the first mode cannot target and return the creature you sacrificed.
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Frequently asked questions about Desperate Plea
What type of card is Desperate Plea?
Desperate Plea is a Sorcery — lesson card in Magic: the Gathering MTG.
What is the effect of Desperate Plea?
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield if its power is less than or equal to the sacrificed creature's power. • Destroy target creature.
What is the price of Desperate Plea?
Desperate Plea currently starts at C$ 0.34. See live prices from multiple sellers in the Where to buy section above.
What is the original set of Desperate Plea?
Desperate Plea was first released in the set Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal, illustrated by Shiyu.
What is the legality of Desperate Plea?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Desperate Plea can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.