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Desertion

6edClassic Sixth Edition#64rare
{3}{U}{U}
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Card details
Artist
Richard Kane Ferguson
Frame
1997
Language
EN
Border
white
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Instant

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.

Abilities
SpellCounter 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.
Plays as
Counterspell
Flavor & art
First the insult, then the injury.
Illustrated by
Richard Kane Ferguson
Rulings
  • WotCApr 12, 2024

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

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    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.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    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.