CardsLast-Ditch Effort

Last-Ditch EffortCard concept last-ditch-effort · Action · Moana

Current text

Amethyst Action Cost 3 · not inkable

Exert chosen opposing character. Chosen character of yours gains Challenger +2 this turn. (They get +2 ¤ while challenging.)

Wording as on the reference printing 9:62. Each printing page shows its own printed text.

Rulings · 2

  1. Q. My opponent has only a Cogsworth - Grandfather Clock in play, who has Ward. Can I still play Last-Ditch Effort and give my character Challenger +2 even though I can't choose an opposing character?

    A. Yes. When there are no eligible opposing characters to choose for the first part of Last-Ditch Effort, that part of its effect simply finishes without exerting a character. However, the second part of its effect still happens, so you still choose a character of yours to get Challenger +2 until the end of the turn.

    [1] LorcanaJSON allCards.json (en), formatVersion 2.3.5, snapshot 15 August 2026 · also in FR, DE, IT

  2. Q. The only character my opponent has in play has Ward. Can I still play Last-Ditch Effort and give my character Challenger +2 even though I can't choose an opposing character?

    A. Yes. When there aren't any eligible opposing characters to choose for the first part of Last-Ditch Effort, that part of its effect simply finishes without exerting a character. However, the second part of its effect still happens, so you still choose a character of yours to get Challenger +2 until the end of the turn.

    [2] LorcanaJSON allCards.json (en), formatVersion 2.3.5, snapshot 15 August 2026 · also in FR, DE, IT

Legality

Core Constructed: legal Infinity Constructed: legal

Rolled up from per-printing legality: a name is legal while any printing is allowed in the format; banned names are banned in every printing. Source: LorcanaJSON allCards.json (en), formatVersion 2.3.5, 15 August 2026.

In other languages

enLast-Ditch EffortUncommonfrEffort désespéréInhabituelledeLetzter VersuchUngewöhnlichitUltimo Tentativo DisperatoNon comune

Names as printed on 9:62; rarities as printed in each language (logic uses the canonical rarity).

Printings · 2

KeySetReleasedRarity · foilArtistLanguages
3:62 Into the Inklands Uncommon · Silver Ian MacDonald en fr de it
9:62 Fabled Uncommon · Silver Ian MacDonald en fr de it

Connected

Story: Moana · Artists: Ian MacDonald

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