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Deflection
RareColour IDMV 4
Instant
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
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Other printings
9 other English printingsEarliest 1995-06-03Newest 2003-07-28Cheapest priced $0.30 in 7ED
Rulings (10)
wotc1 Feb 2009
If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Deflection, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.
wotc1 Feb 2009
If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can’t target it with Deflection.
wotc4 Oct 2004
You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
wotc4 Oct 2004
You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
wotc4 Oct 2004
This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
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