My all time favorite mono blue spell. Every time you play it you can do something useful, sometimes you can play it do something completely hilarious. Fun things I've redirected: Heroes' Reunion (I'll go ahead and take that life, thanks), Increasing Savagery from flashback (I think I know a better creature to put 10 +1/+1 counters on... one of mine!), Burn at the Stake (No, how about YOU lose the game), etc., etc. Too fun!
Posted By:
questionflanger
(6/24/2013 3:02:18 PM)
I hope you weren't planning on using that Eldrazi Con***ion on one of your creatures.
Posted By:
Rausdower
(7/29/2013 4:33:43 PM)
"No, you!"
4/5
Posted By:
JamestheJusticiar
(8/4/2013 12:06:52 PM)
This card is under rated... . It's a counterspell for 2 cmc.. Plus it recasts their own spell for you.. This is under costed.. Should be 3cmc..
Compare this to twincast... If your opponent is casting a damage or removal spell, which of these would you rather be holding? No idea how people rate cards on here or why....
Run 2 - 4 of these in most of my blue decks. Very blue card to the core.
Posted By:
Zylo-
(8/22/2013 8:40:52 AM)
Functionally, it counters counterspells (which in itself is pretty cool), and more often than not, target-spells will be fun to redirect to cause mayhem. Looking at you Oblivion Ring ...
On the negatives, if it doesn't target, then its just a card with funny flavor text.
But considering the potential to steal enchantments and spells? Certain life-gain cards? Rancor ? Or your Murder ? Nice burn spell, think I'll take it...
Blue playing spells that STEAL the opponent's strategy is as frightening as it gets.
Update: This stole a Congregate from me. Considering there was a Selesnya and Zombie deck both playing in a group game...Lets just say, stealing 100+ life for 2 mana is pretty hilarious.
Posted By:
DM3921
(10/13/2013 12:04:36 PM)
*GRUMBLE GRUMBLE* All you young whippersnappers with your Redirects! Why when I was your age we paid 4 CMC and could only change the target of target spell with a SINGLE target, and we liked it! Every now and then we might have been able to discard a blue card from our hand from the game as alternate cost to do the same thing with a different card, but only if we were really good. You kids don't know how good ya got it! *GRUMBLE GRUMBLE*
Posted By:
R1p_v4n_54u3r
(12/14/2013 12:22:32 AM)
This card seems amazing at first, and it is when it works. Once I started playing it, I realized that it has some serious limitations. It can't stop Essence Scatter under most circumstances, nor can it stop spells when there are no other legal targets, which happens a lot against artifact and enchantment removal spells, nor abilities like Oblivion Ring.
On the plus side you can 2 for 1 your opponent, steal an aura, target their hexproof creature.
It can be very satisfying to use, and if you opponent complains, tell them they just got taste of their own medicine.
Posted By:
yesennes
(12/27/2013 3:18:49 PM)
Often a 2-for-1 when used on a removal spell, and can fight counterspell wars. Also can answer uncounterable removal spells like Abrupt Decay and Combust. As a bonus, it even gets around hexproof when used on an opponent's removal spell. Highly underrated card.
Posted By:
absreim
(1/25/2014 9:18:58 PM)
Oh snap. Garruk might need a Healing Salve after that Sick Burn.
Posted By:
Narffet
(2/6/2014 11:32:14 AM)
Can this be used to redirect the effects of a creature card like Terastodon?
Posted By:
KribatiOmega
(3/11/2014 7:19:26 PM)