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Cards/Visions/Desertion

Desertion

{3}{U}{U}

Instant

Visions·vis #30·Rare·1997·Art by Richard Kane Ferguson
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

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.

Set
Visions (VIS)
Number
#30
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Richard Kane Ferguson
Frame
1997
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$2.56
EUR
2.10
MTGO Tix
0.44

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings3

10/4/2004·wotc

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.

10/4/2004·wotc

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.

4/12/2024·wotc

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

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