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Misdirection

Blue

6 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Misdirection, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 1272 2023-04-23

Card text

{3}{U}{U}
Instant
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.
EDHREC rank #1485 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 6 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Misdirection, Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins printing
Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
DDT · #15
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Taps Games · Condition DMG
Misdirection, World Championship Decks 2001 printing
World Championship Decks 2001
WC01 · #ab87sb
Rare
∅ No QC price
La Boutique Mythique · Condition LP