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◇ Catalog #81

Deflection

5ed·#81·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Mike Raabe

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.45low $0.25range 80.0%n 49

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #21,768 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.25

Gameplay

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Up and down, over and through, back around— the joke's on you.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 10

2009-02-01wotc

If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Deflection, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.

2009-02-01wotc

If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can’t target it with Deflection.

2004-10-04wotc

You can choose to make a spell on the stack target this spell (if such a target choice would be legal had the spell been cast while this spell was on the stack). The new target for the deflected spell is not chosen until this spell resolves. This spell is still on the stack when new targets are selected for the spell.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.25 and $0.45 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #81 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #21,768 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mike Raabe. Rarix catalogs 94 other cards credited to this artist.