Misdirection
Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins 15 • rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
- Collector number
- 15
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mathias Kollros
- Market price
- $12.31
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Misdirection was originally introduced in the Mercadian Masques expansion in 1999 as a powerful blue instant capable of redirecting target spells. Its mechanics were designed to serve as a high-skill defensive tool, allowing players to turn an opponent’s targeted removal or disruption against them. By allowing players to cast it for free by exiling a blue card from their hand, it became a cornerstone of control decks, reflecting the complex, reactive nature of blue-aligned strategies in the late nineties.
The version included in the 2017 Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins features new artwork by Mathias Kollros. In this iteration, Kollros moved away from the abstract, surrealist style of the original card, opting for a more grounded, illustrative approach that emphasized the mystical and deceptive qualities of the effect. This release was intended to provide accessible copies of a sought-after eternal-format staple to players while thematicizing the card within the watery, subversive aesthetic of the Merfolk faction.
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