Cards/Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons/Harm's Way

Harm's Way

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Instant

Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons·ddg #23·Uncommon·2011·Art by Dan Murayama Scott
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

The next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn is dealt to any target instead.

Even when fate is already written, there's always time to change the names.

Set
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons (DDG)
Number
#23
Rarity
Uncommon
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$0.06
EUR
0.11
MTGO Tix
0.22

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings5

10/1/2009·wotc

If the chosen source would simultaneously deal damage to multiple permanents you control (like Pyroclasm could) or to you and at least one permanent you control (like Earthquake could), Harm’s Way will redirect just 2 of that damage. It won’t redirect the next 2 damage that would be dealt to each recipient. You choose which 2 damage is redirected. If you like, you can choose to redirect 1 damage that would be dealt by the chosen source to each of two different recipients.

10/1/2009·wotc

Harm’s Way has no effect on damage that’s already been dealt.

10/1/2009·wotc

After Harm’s Way resolves, it no longer checks to see if the target is a legal target. However, if that permanent or player can’t be dealt damage at the time the chosen source would deal damage (perhaps because the creature is no longer on the battlefield or is no longer a creature, or because the player is no longer in the game), the damage can’t be redirected. It’s dealt to the original recipient.

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