Cards/Shards of Alara/Swerve
Swerve
Instant
Oracle Text
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
"We can't beat the necromancers in numbers or raw power. We must beat them with ingenuity and timing." —Rannon, Vithian holdout
Print Details
- Set
- Shards of Alara (ALA)
- Number
- #200
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- USD
- $0.42
- USD Foil
- $1.44
- EUR
- €0.28
- EUR Foil
- €0.76
- MTGO Tix
- 0.03
Indicative figures.
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Rulings6
If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Swerve.
Swerve targets only the spell whose target will be changed. It doesn't directly affect the original target of that spell or the new target of that spell.
If you cast Swerve on a spell that targets a spell on the stack (like Cancel does, for example), you can't change that spell's target to itself. You can, however, change that spell's target to Swerve. If you do, that spell won't resolve when it tries to resolve because Swerve will have left the stack by then.
Print Details
- Set
- Shards of Alara (ALA)
- Number
- #200
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- Black
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
Value
- USD
- $0.42
- USD Foil
- $1.44
- EUR
- €0.28
- EUR Foil
- €0.76
- MTGO Tix
- 0.03
Indicative figures.