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Magic · Tarkir: Dragonstorm · #78 · Uncommon

Desperate Measures

Magic card price for Desperate Measures: $0.28 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Mar 22, 2025 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.28
+3.7% this week · −3.5% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+3.7%
30 days−3.5%
90 days−15.2%
1 year+86.7%
All time−84.4%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.28
Mid listing$0.28
Direct$0.10
30-day avg$0.27

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.28
Cardmarket$0.20 €0.18

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.1252-week low$0.3552-week high
In the range70%
All-time low$0.12
All-time high$1.80
First priceMar 22, 2025
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.04$0.15$0.26$0.37
$0.28
Jul 19Aug 18Sep 17Oct 17
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Desperate Measures (Foil) came out in April 2025; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Over the past twelve months it moved +86.7%, trading between $0.12 and $0.35. The current price is in the middle of that range. Listings currently start at $0.01; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.27.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.28$0.01$7.08+3.7%
Normal$0.25$0.01$19.95+13.6%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

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

Flavor

"Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return."

—Mardu parting

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