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Redirect Lightning
RareColour IDMV 1
Instant — Lesson
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay .
Change the target of target spell or ability 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
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2025-11-21Newest 2025-11-21Cheapest priced $12.34 in TLA
Rulings (3)
wotc2 Oct 2025
You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability until Redirect Lightning resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If a spell or ability targets the same player or object multiple times, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Redirect Lightning, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
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