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Misdirection

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Misdirection

Legal

Type line

Instant

Oracle text

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Rulings

  • If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.2004-10-04
  • This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.2004-10-04
  • The target of a spell that targets another spell on the stack can be changed to any other spell on the stack, even if the new target will resolve before the spell does.2004-10-04
  • This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.2004-10-04
  • You can choose to make a spell on the stack target this spell (if such a target choice would be legal had the spell been cast while this spell was on the stack). The new target for the deflected spell is not chosen until this spell resolves. This spell is still on the stack when new targets are selected for the spell.2004-10-04
  • You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.2004-10-04
  • Once the spell resolves, the new target is considered to be targeted by the deflected spell. This will trigger any effects which trigger on being targeted.2004-10-04
  • You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.2004-10-04

Market price

$12.31

Commanders that play this card

Use over time

14 public decks with Misdirection saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

Jul 20This week

Often played with

Across the 23 public decks that play Misdirection.

23 of 23 (100%)
22 of 23 (96%)
22 of 23 (96%)
22 of 23 (96%)
22 of 23 (96%)
21 of 23 (91%)
21 of 23 (91%)
20 of 23 (87%)
20 of 23 (87%)
20 of 23 (87%)