Desperate Stand

Description

Card Text:

Strive — This spell costs {R}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain first strike and vigilance until end of turn.

At the Akroan gates, hoplites revived the tactics of Kytheon Iora’s infamous irregulars.

Release Date: 2014-05-02

Quick Stats

• • Rarity: uncommon
  • Mana Cost: {R}{W}
  • Converted Mana Cost: 2
  • Card Type: Sorcery
  • Power:
  • Toughness:
  • Colors: R W
  • Color Identity: R W
  • Artist: Raymond Swanland
  • Release Date: 2014-05-02
  • Set: Journey into Nyx (jou)
  • Set Type: expansion
  • Booster (1=yes, 0=no): 1
  • Border Color: black
  • Frame: 2003
  • Full Art:
  • Textless:
  • Finishes: nonfoil – foil
  • Is Reprint (1=yes, 0=no):
  • Is Oversized (1=yes, 0=no):
  • Is Promo (1=yes, 0=no):
  • MTGO Id: 52090
  • MTGO Foil Id: 52091
  • Game Type(s):paper – mtgo –
  • Layout: normal

Abilities/Keywords: Strive——–
Magic: The Gathering Formats

• • • Standard: not_legal
    • Historic: not_legal
    • Pioneer: legal
    • Explorer: not_legal
    • Modern: legal
    • Legacy: legal
    • Pauper: not_legal
    • Vintage: legal
    • Penny: legal
    • Commander: legal
    • Brawler: not_legal
    • Historic:
    • Alchemy: not_legal
    • Pauper: not_legal

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