wotc
This spell includes a replacement effect. If the target is an artifact or creature spell, it never goes to the graveyard.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #64
Desertion
6ed·#64·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson
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wishlisted
Apr 1999
27 yr ago
Value
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30 days high $2.24 · low $2.24
Volatility · stable
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
USD$2.24EUR€2.32
NM
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #7,088 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
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.
First the insult, then the injury.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
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.
wotc
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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson
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