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◇ Concept · 10 printings

Desertion

Instant

printings

#7144

EDHREC rank

#13787

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Value

$5.1590d high · 10 printings

90-dayhigh $5.15low $0.02range 25650.0%n 370

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

PreDHlegal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernnot legal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernlegal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 10 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $5.15 across 370 observations.

Rarix catalogs 10 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Instant. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card concept #7,144 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Richard Kane Ferguson.