Desperate Measures
Instant
Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
"Sing for us when we depart for battle, and sing for us if we fail to return." —Mardu parting
Gaboleps
Rulings
As long as you control it, you will get to draw two cards when the target creature goes to the graveyard, regardless of whether it died due to having 0 toughness or something else.
(wotc • 2025-04-04)
If the creature is no longer a creature at the time it goes to the graveyard, you will still draw two cards if you controlled it at that time.
(wotc • 2025-04-04)
Rulings
As long as you control it, you will get to draw two cards when the target creature goes to the graveyard, regardless of whether it died due to having 0 toughness or something else.
(wotc • 2025-04-04)
If the creature is no longer a creature at the time it goes to the graveyard, you will still draw two cards if you controlled it at that time.
(wotc • 2025-04-04)