Desperate Ravings
Innistrad 139 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 139
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Draw two cards, then discard a card at random.
Flashback 2 generic mana blue mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Her mind was quite gone, yet she spoke nothing but truth.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Desperate Ravings was introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Innistrad, a gothic-horror themed release designed to evoke classic monster movie tropes. Mechanically, the card was designed as a blue instant that provides card advantage at the cost of randomness, reflecting the thematic instability of a character succumbing to madness.
The card’s artwork was rendered by Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, painterly style was instrumental in establishing the set’s gloomy, visceral visual identity. Hamm aimed to depict the frantic, disoriented state of the spellcaster, using muted tones and expressive brushwork that resonated well with players for effectively capturing the psychological toll of the card's randomized card-drawing mechanic.
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