The redirection protects both you and your creatures from the source. If the source would deal more than X damage to multiple objects, you decide which damage is redirected until X is used up. For example, your opponent casts a spell that deals 1 damage to you and 1 damage to two of your creatures. If you cast Shining Shoal with X = 2, you can have damage to you and one creature redirected to the target, or you could have damage to both creatures redirected.
If the player or creature that was targeted is no longer playing or on the battlefield when the damage would occur, the damage isn’t redirected.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.21. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $17.42 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BOK — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #21 of *Betrayers of Kamigawa*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2005 Betrayers of Kamigawa release.
Card type: Instant — Arcane, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{W}{W} (2 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #22,096 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Ben Thompson. Rarix catalogs 247 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Ben Thompson
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