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Fate Transfer

{1}{U/B}

Instant

SHMShadowmoor#161common
Foil

"The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?" —Hrugash, leech bonder

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1044
Illustrator
Wayne England
Found in
Shadowmoor Theme Deck Mortal Coil · Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings1CombosIn 4
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.

Plays as: Counter Mover · Counter Placer

Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.44
$0.19 low$0.16 gap
Foil+37.7%
$23.14
$9.55 low$3.55 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.44· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest May 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    Fate Transfer moves any kind of counters, not just -1/-1 counters.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    If either one of the targets becomes illegal (because it leaves the battlefield or for any other reason) by the time Fate Transfer resolves, the counters don’t move. If both targets become illegal, Fate Transfer doesn’t resolve.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    This effect may result in useless counters being placed on a creature. For example, if an age counter is moved from a creature with cumulative upkeep to a creature without cumulative upkeep, it will have no effect on the new creature.

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