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Desertion

{3}{U}{U}

Instant

SPGSpecial Guests#31mythic
Borderless

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

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Donato Giancola
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
Plays as:
Counterspell
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.89 low-$0.86 gap
$3.49 low-$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.61· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$2.26+6.6%30D
30D range$2.12to$2.31Since Apr 2024:H $18.00L $1.10
Foil$4.63+2.9%30D2.05× nonfoil
30D range$4.46to$4.63Since Apr 2024:H $8.98L $2.30

Other printings

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Found in

2 productsRounded odds
  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction Collector Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $46.29

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction Play Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $6.94

    Nonfoil under 1%Foil —

Rulings

3 · latest Apr 12, 2024
  • 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.