Desperate Plea

Mana cost

Mana value2TypeSorcery — Lesson Color identity

Black RarityRare SetAvatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) ArtistShiyu Price€1.06 · foil €1.12 · $0.25

About this card

Desperate Plea is a sorcery card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 2 (color identity: black). First printed in Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025); 2 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. Legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €1.06 (Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal); most expensive: €1.17 (Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal).

Desperate Plea

Sorcery — Lesson

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.

Name in each language

FrançaisRequête désespéréeEnglishDesperate PleaDeutschVerzweifeltes Flehen日本語自暴自棄の嘆願

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2025-10-02
Because you select targets for Desperate Plea before paying its additional cost, the first mode cannot target and return the creature you sacrificed.