Desertion
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Commander's Arsenal #4 (rare)
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.
Desertion has 8 printings, first in Visions (1997). EDHREC ranks it #7,362 among Commander cards. It appears most in Don Andres, the Renegade decks (1,004 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Desertion most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 1,004 decks
- Melek, Reforged Researcher: 762 decks
- Garland, Royal Kidnapper: 581 decks
- Empress Galina: 518 decks
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: 321 decks
- Merieke Ri Berit: 279 decks
- Admiral Beckett Brass: 248 decks
- Rubinia Soulsinger: 225 decks
Often played with Desertion
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets can't be countered), then this card's ability does not put the card onto the battlefield. The spell continues to resolve as normal.
- : The card is put onto the battlefield, but any effects that check if the original card was "cast from your hand" will not trigger or otherwise consider the card to have been cast from your hand. The card was put onto the battlefield by the effect of Desertion instead.
- : This spell includes a replacement effect. If the target is an artifact or creature spell, it never goes to the graveyard.