Desertion
 
Community Rating:
0.51.01.52.02.53.03.54.04.55.0
Community Rating: 4.308 / 5  (73 votes)
Card Name:
Desertion
Mana Cost:
3BlueBlue
Mana Value:
5
Types:
Instant
Card 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.
Flavor Text:
First the insult, then the injury.
Rarity:
Rare
All Sets:
Classic Sixth Edition (Rare)
Visions (Rare)
Commander's Arsenal (Rare)
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Rare)
Special Guests (Mythic Rare)
Card Number:
64
Rulings
10/4/2004 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.
10/4/2004 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.
4/12/2024 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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