Deflection
Instant
Deflection
Instant
Card Text
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #21,561
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (51)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74β | rare | en | Jeremy Jarvis | β | $1.22 |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | en | Jeremy Jarvis | $0.38 | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | en | Jeff Easley | $0.32 | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69β | rare | en | Jeff Easley | β | $18.93 |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | $0.45 | β |
| Oversized League Prizes (OLEP) | #30 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Oversized League Prizes (OLEP) | #29 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | $0.37 | β |
| Pro Tour Collector Set (PTC) | #ml81 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | $0.99 | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | en | Mike Raabe | $0.70 | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | de | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | de | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | de | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | de | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | de | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) | #E37 | rare | es | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | es | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | es | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | es | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | es | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | es | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) | #E37 | rare | fr | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | fr | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | fr | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | fr | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | fr | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | fr | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) | #E37 | rare | it | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | it | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | it | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | it | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | it | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | it | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | ja | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | ja | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | ja | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | ja | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | ko | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | pt | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | pt | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | pt | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | pt | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #65 | rare | pt | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | zhs | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | zhs | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | zhs | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | zhs | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Eighth Edition (8ED) | #74 | rare | zht | Jeremy Jarvis | β | β |
| Seventh Edition (7ED) | #69 | rare | zht | Jeff Easley | β | β |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) | #63 | rare | zht | Mike Raabe | β | β |
| Fifth Edition (5ED) | #81 | rare | zht | Mike Raabe | β | β |
Official Rulings (10)
If a spell targets multiple things, you canβt target it with Deflection, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.
If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you canβt target it with Deflection.
You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.
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.
This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
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.
You canβt make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
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.
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