Desperate Ritual
Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might 14 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might
- Collector number
- 14
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Wayne Reynolds
- Market price
- $6.49
What it does
Add red mana red mana red mana.
Splice onto Arcane 1 generic mana red mana (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Desperate Ritual was originally introduced in the Saviors of Kamigawa expansion in 2005. The card was designed as a rapid mana acceleration tool, leaning into the high-spirit, mystical aesthetic of the Kamigawa setting, which drew heavily from Japanese folklore and Shinto concepts. Its mechanical purpose was to provide a quick burst of red mana, often used to fuel combo decks that required a short-term resource surge to cast high-impact spells.
The version included in the 2017 Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might set features updated art that maintains the intensity of the original design while fitting the product's narrative theme of pitting raw instinct against tactical intellect. Duel Decks were a line of preconstructed products intended to provide balanced, flavorful gameplay right out of the box, and this inclusion helped ensure the 'Might' deck could achieve the explosive tempo necessary to compete against the slower, more deliberate 'Mind' deck.
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