Desertion

Special Guests • #31 • mythic

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Live Value $2.12

Foil Multiplier: 2.15x

Reprint Profile:

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

PZ1 #24(R) $0.00

CM1 #4(R) $3.60

PLST #CN2-107(R) $0.50

Desertion

Special Guests • #31 • mythic

Current Valuation

$2.12

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Rarity

mythic

Set Origin

SPG

Daily Shift

-0.47%

EDHREC Rank

#7,211

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Instant

Color Identity Blue

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

""It is one thing to run away. It is quite another to escape your fate." —Oko"

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Official Judge Precedents

3 Precedents

2004-10-04

If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets can't be countered), then this card's ability does not put the card onto the battlefield. The spell continues to resolve as normal.

2004-10-04

The card is put onto the battlefield, but any effects that check if the original card was "cast from your hand" will not trigger or otherwise consider the card to have been cast from your hand. The card was put onto the battlefield by the effect of Desertion instead.

2024-04-12

This spell includes a replacement effect. If the target is an artifact or creature spell, it never goes to the graveyard.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2024-04-19

Set Name: Special Guests

Artist Reference: Donato Giancola

Border Profile: borderless

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil

Promo Status boosterfun

Edition Status Reprint