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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
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (5)
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
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
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
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 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 Sign in Blood
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (2)
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
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (27)
- 1 Grapeshot
- 1 Reckless Impulse
- 1 Wrenn's Resolve
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Merchant Scroll
- 1 Glimpse the Impossible
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
- 1 Lock and Load
- 1 Solve the Equation
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Past in Flames
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Pore Over the Pages
- 1 Elemental Eruption
- 1 Temporal Fissure
- 1 Mind's Desire
- 1 Time Spiral
- 1 Flame Slash
- 1 Rite of Flame
- 1 Strike It Rich
- 1 Personal Tutor
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Serum Visions
- 1 Sleight of Hand
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (31)
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Valakut Awakening
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Silundi Vision
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Grapeshot
- 1 Highway Robbery
- 1 Reckless Impulse
- 1 Wrenn's Resolve
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Light Up the Stage
- 1 Skewer the Critics
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
- 1 Wheel of Misfortune
- 1 Fiery Confluence
- 1 Boltwave
- 1 Chain Lightning
- 1 Channeled Dragonfire
- 1 Faithless Looting
- 1 Firebolt
- 1 Flame Jab
- 1 Forked Bolt
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Lava Spike
- 1 Pillar of Flame
- 1 Rite of Flame
- 1 Strike It Rich
- 1 Shatterskull Smashing
Instants (23)
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Valakut Awakening
- 1 Bolt Bend
- 1 Mine Collapse
- 1 Fireblast
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Crimson Wisps
- 1 Expedite
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Needle Drop
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Shock
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Gut Shot
