Desperate Lunge
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Foundations JumpstartJ25 · #188
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.16 € · 0.14 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Deruchenko Alexander
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-11-15
Flavour text
Ravnica held its breath as the hero of the resistance—their last hope—flew through the sky, his dark sword ready to strike a god.
Rulings
A creature gaining flying after it has been blocked by a creature without flying or reach won't remove the blocking creature from combat or cause the creature it blocked to become unblocked.
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Desperate Lunge tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain 2 life.
