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◇ Catalog #31

Desertion

spg·#31·mythic·borderless

Illus. Donato Giancola

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Apr '24

2 yr ago

Value

$5.64+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.80 · low $4.38

NM$4.64

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.29–$4.90modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.74low $0.07range 6671.4%n 79

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,105 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$4.64

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.

"It is one thing to run away. It is quite another to escape your fate." —Oko

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.64. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.07 and $4.74 across 79 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SPG — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #31 of *Special Guests*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2024 Special Guests release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. 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 Donato Giancola. Rarix catalogs 770 other cards credited to this artist.