Desperate Stand #147
JOU
Journey into Nyx
EN
Details
Desperate Stand
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.
Set Name
Journey into Nyx
Set Code
JOU
Set Series
Journey into Nyx
Card Number
147
Language
EN
Variant
Regular Version
Rarity
Uncommon
Colour
R,W
Play Cost
{R}{W}
Card Type
Sorcery
Illustrator
Raymond Swanland
Release Date
2 May 2014
TCGPlayer ID
82257
Cardmarket ID
266648
MTGO ID
52090
PriceCharting ID
2214701
Scryfall ID
e8a4fb8d-8ddd-4d1d-92c7-2bf6b0e6c488
Barcode
6556604852797
Larrikin Market Pricing
To understand its value, here's an international market summary. It seems to be selling around $0.36 – $0.50.
$0.36 – $0.50
View a source's price:
Market confidence
Low
Volume
Medium
Updated
14 Sep 2026
Journey into Nyx
Magic: The Gathering · EN · JOU
| # | Name | Variants |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aegis of the Gods | |
| 10 | Eidolon of Rhetoric | |
| 100 | Harness by Force | |
| 101 | Knowledge and Power | |
| 102 | Lightning Diadem | |
| 103 | Magma Spray | |
| 104 | Mogis's Warhound | |
| 105 | Pensive Minotaur | |
| 106 | Prophetic Flamespeaker | |
| 107 | Riddle of Lightning | |
| 108 | Rollick of Abandon | |
| 109 | Rouse the Mob | |
| 11 | Font of Vigor | |
| 110 | Satyr Hoplite | |
| 111 | Sigiled Skink | |
| 112 | Spawn of Thraxes | |
| 113 | Spite of Mogis | |
| 114 | Starfall | |
| 115 | Twinflame | |
| 116 | Wildfire Cerberus | |
| 117 | Bassara Tower Archer | |
| 118 | Colossal Heroics | |
| 119 | Consign to Dust | |
| 12 | Godsend | |
| 120 | Desecration Plague | |
| 121 | Dictate of Karametra | |
| 122 | Eidolon of Blossoms | |
| 123 | Font of Fertility | |
| 124 | Golden Hind | |
| 125 | Goldenhide Ox | |
| 126 | Heroes' Bane | |
| 127 | Humbler of Mortals | |
| 128 | Hydra Broodmaster | |
| 129 | Kruphix's Insight | |
| 13 | Harvestguard Alseids | |
| 130 | Market Festival | |
| 131 | Nature's Panoply | |
| 132 | Nessian Game Warden | |
| 133 | Oakheart Dryads | |
| 134 | Pheres-Band Thunderhoof | |
| 135 | Pheres-Band Warchief | |
| 136 | Ravenous Leucrocota | |
| 137 | Renowned Weaver | |
| 138 | Reviving Melody | |
| 139 | Satyr Grovedancer | |
| 14 | Lagonna-Band Trailblazer | |
| 140 | Setessan Tactics | |
| 141 | Solidarity of Heroes | |
| 142 | Spirespine | |
| 143 | Strength from the Fallen | |
| 144 | Swarmborn Giant | |
| 145 | Ajani, Mentor of Heroes | |
| 146 | Athreos, God of Passage | |
| 147 | Desperate Stand | |
| 148 | Disciple of Deceit | |
| 149 | Fleetfeather Cockatrice | |
| 15 | Launch the Fleet | |
| 150 | Iroas, God of Victory | |
| 151 | Keranos, God of Storms | |
| 152 | Kruphix, God of Horizons | |
| 153 | Nyx Weaver | |
| 154 | Pharika, God of Affliction | |
| 155 | Revel of the Fallen God | |
| 156 | Stormchaser Chimera | |
| 157 | Underworld Coinsmith | |
| 158 | Armory of Iroas | |
| 159 | Chariot of Victory | |
| 16 | Leonin Iconoclast | |
| 160 | Deserter's Quarters | |
| 161 | Gold-Forged Sentinel | |
| 162 | Hall of Triumph | |
| 163 | Mana Confluence | |
| 164 | Temple of Epiphany | |
| 165 | Temple of Malady | |
| 17 | Mortal Obstinacy | |
| 18 | Nyx-Fleece Ram | |
| 19 | Oppressive Rays | |
| 2 | Ajani's Presence | |
| 20 | Oreskos Swiftclaw | |
| 21 | Phalanx Formation | |
| 22 | Quarry Colossus | |
| 23 | Reprisal | |
| 24 | Sightless Brawler | |
| 25 | Skybind | |
| 26 | Skyspear Cavalry | |
| 27 | Stonewise Fortifier | |
| 28 | Supply-Line Cranes | |
| 29 | Tethmos High Priest | |
| 3 | Akroan Mastiff | |
| 30 | Aerial Formation | |
| 31 | Battlefield Thaumaturge | |
| 32 | Cloaked Siren | |
| 33 | Countermand | |
| 34 | Crystalline Nautilus | |
| 35 | Dakra Mystic | |
| 36 | Daring Thief | |
| 37 | Dictate of Kruphix | |
| 38 | Font of Fortunes | |
| 39 | Godhunter Octopus | |
| 4 | Armament of Nyx | |
| 40 | Hour of Need | |
| 41 | Hubris | |
| 42 | Hypnotic Siren | |
| 43 | Interpret the Signs | |
| 44 | Kiora's Dismissal | |
| 45 | Pin to the Earth | |
| 46 | Polymorphous Rush | |
| 47 | Pull from the Deep | |
| 48 | Riptide Chimera | |
| 49 | Rise of Eagles | |
| 5 | Banishing Light | |
| 50 | Sage of Hours | |
| 51 | Scourge of Fleets | |
| 52 | Sigiled Starfish | |
| 53 | Thassa's Devourer | |
| 54 | Thassa's Ire | |
| 55 | Triton Cavalry | |
| 56 | Triton Shorestalker | |
| 57 | War-Wing Siren | |
| 58 | Whitewater Naiads | |
| 59 | Agent of Erebos | |
| 6 | Dawnbringer Charioteers | |
| 60 | Aspect of Gorgon | |
| 61 | Bloodcrazed Hoplite | |
| 62 | Brain Maggot | |
| 63 | Cast into Darkness | |
| 64 | Cruel Feeding | |
| 65 | Dictate of Erebos | |
| 66 | Doomwake Giant | |
| 67 | Dreadbringer Lampads | |
| 68 | Extinguish All Hope | |
| 69 | Feast of Dreams | |
| 7 | Deicide | |
| 70 | Felhide Petrifier | |
| 71 | Font of Return | |
| 72 | Gnarled Scarhide | |
| 73 | Grim Guardian | |
| 74 | King Macar, the Gold-Cursed | |
| 75 | Master of the Feast | |
| 76 | Nightmarish End | |
| 77 | Nyx Infusion | |
| 78 | Pharika's Chosen | |
| 79 | Returned Reveler | |
| 8 | Dictate of Heliod | |
| 80 | Ritual of the Returned | |
| 81 | Rotted Hulk | |
| 82 | Silence the Believers | |
| 83 | Spiteful Blow | |
| 84 | Squelching Leeches | |
| 85 | Thoughtrender Lamia | |
| 86 | Tormented Thoughts | |
| 87 | Worst Fears | |
| 88 | Akroan Line Breaker | |
| 89 | Bearer of the Heavens | |
| 9 | Eagle of the Watch | |
| 90 | Bladetusk Boar | |
| 91 | Blinding Flare | |
| 92 | Cyclops of Eternal Fury | |
| 93 | Dictate of the Twin Gods | |
| 94 | Eidolon of the Great Revel | |
| 95 | Flamespeaker's Will | |
| 96 | Flurry of Horns | |
| 97 | Font of Ire | |
| 98 | Forgeborn Oreads | |
| 99 | Gluttonous Cyclops |
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Price
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Larrikin Market Pricing
Selling around $0.36 – $0.50.
$0.36 – $0.50
Sources:
Market confidence
Low
Volume
Medium
Updated
14 Sep 2026
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