The next time damage from the chosen source would be dealt to you this turn, that damage is dealt to the targeted creature instead. Whether it’s still a legal target is not checked at this time. However, if it’s not able to be dealt damage because it’s neither a creature nor a planeswalker, or it’s no longer on the battlefield, then the damage is not redirected and is dealt to you as normal.
As the ability resolves, you choose a damage source.
As you activate the ability, you choose an opponent, then that opponent chooses a creature for the ability to target. It doesn’t have to be a creature that opponent controls. If there are no creatures that can be targeted with the ability, it can’t be activated.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LEG — 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 #289 of *Legends*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1994 Legends release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #29,215 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Richard Thomas. Rarix catalogs 272 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Richard Thomas
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In multi-player games you can choose a different opposing player each time it is used.
