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.
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Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
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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.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Desertion
Desertion (30) is a Blue Instant from Visions (VIS). It costs {3}{U}{U} and has mana value 5. It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Brawl and 3 more formats.
Visions is a main expansion, released February 1997. Desertion has 5 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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.
Card details
- Card number
- 30
- Set
- Visions (VIS)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 3 February 1997
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Blue
- Colour identity
- Blue
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Desertion
Desertion in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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