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Desperate Ritual 
Instant — Arcane
Oracle Text
Add .
Splice onto Arcane (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.)
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Splice onto Arcane (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.)Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintagePauperDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Desperate Ritual, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 13 | 4 | 283 | 4 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pauper | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Details
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 1984
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Desperate Ritual
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Ransack the Lab
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (20)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Ransack the Lab
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Ransack the Lab
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (44)
- 1 Battle Cry Goblin
- 1 Draconautics Engineer
- 1 Goblin Piledriver
- 1 Goblin Recruiter
- 1 Mogg War Marshal
- 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
- 1 Searslicer Goblin
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
- 1 Goblin King
- 1 Goblin Warchief
- 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
- 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
- 1 Goblin Matron
- 1 Goblin Rabblemaster
- 1 Howlsquad Heavy
- 1 Legion Warboss
- 1 Pashalik Mons
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
- 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- 1 Changeling Berserker
- 1 Goblin Ringleader
- 1 Lightning Crafter
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
- 1 Fury
- 1 Siege-Gang Commander
- 1 Burnout Bashtronaut
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
- 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
- 1 Goblin Lackey
- 1 Goblin Sledder
- 1 Greasewrench Goblin
- 1 Impulsive Pilferer
- 1 Legion Loyalist
- 1 Mogg Fanatic
- 1 Mogg Raider
- 1 Skirk Prospector
- 1 Stadium Headliner
- 1 Torch Courier
- 1 Conspicuous Snoop
- 1 Wily Goblin
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (45)
- 1 Battle Cry Goblin
- 1 Draconautics Engineer
- 1 Goblin Piledriver
- 1 Goblin Recruiter
- 1 Mogg War Marshal
- 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
- 1 Searslicer Goblin
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
- 1 Goblin King
- 1 Goblin Warchief
- 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
- 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
- 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
- 1 Goblin Matron
- 1 Goblin Rabblemaster
- 1 Howlsquad Heavy
- 1 Legion Warboss
- 1 Pashalik Mons
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
- 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- 1 Changeling Berserker
- 1 Goblin Ringleader
- 1 Lightning Crafter
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
- 1 Fury
- 1 Siege-Gang Commander
- 1 Burnout Bashtronaut
- 1 Fanatical Firebrand
- 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
- 1 Goblin Lackey
- 1 Goblin Sledder
- 1 Greasewrench Goblin
- 1 Impulsive Pilferer
- 1 Legion Loyalist
- 1 Mogg Fanatic
- 1 Mogg Raider
- 1 Skirk Prospector
- 1 Stadium Headliner
- 1 Torch Courier
- 1 Conspicuous Snoop
- 1 Wily Goblin
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Castle Embereth
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Beacon
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 14 Mountain
- 6 Mountain
- 1 Muraganda Raceway
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Ramunap Ruins
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (6)
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
