Deflecting Palm
- Mana cost
- {R}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #63 (rare)
- Price
- $3.30 USD
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.
Deflecting Palm has 7 printings, first in Khans of Tarkir (2014). EDHREC ranks it #1,137 among Commander cards. It appears most in Queen Marchesa decks (13,422 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Deflecting Palm
- Arm for Battle - Commander Legends, led by Wyleth, Soul of Steel
- Blame Game - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Commanders that run Deflecting Palm most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Queen Marchesa: 13,422 decks
- Lightning, Army of One: 6,714 decks
- Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser: 5,124 decks
- General Ferrous Rokiric: 4,322 decks
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 3,235 decks
- Firesong and Sunspeaker: 2,904 decks
- Pramikon, Sky Rampart: 2,483 decks
- Lorehold, the Historian: 2,400 decks
Often played with Deflecting Palm
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If multiple prevention and/or replacement effects are trying to apply to the same damage, the player who would be dealt damage chooses the order in which to apply them.
- : Deflecting Palm doesn't target any permanent or player. You choose a source of damage as Deflecting Palm resolves.