Desertion (Visions) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Desertion

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.310 / 5 (50 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Desertion

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Interrupt

Card Text:

Counter target spell. If that spell is an artifact or summon spell, put that card into play under your control as though it were just played.

Flavor Text:

First the insult, then the injury.

Expansion:

Visions

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Artist:

Richard Kane Ferguson

Language:

English

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.