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◇ Catalog #24

Desertion

DIGITAL ONLY

pz1·#24·rare·foil

Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '15

10 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,105 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

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

2024-04-12wotc

This spell includes a replacement effect. If the target is an artifact or creature spell, it never goes to the graveyard.

2004-10-04wotc

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.

2004-10-04wotc

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.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PZ1 — 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 #24 of *Legendary Cube Prize Pack*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2015 Legendary Cube Prize Pack 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}{U} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,105 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Richard Kane Ferguson. Rarix catalogs 283 other cards credited to this artist.