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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Desertion

3UU · Instant

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.

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NameManaTypeText
Spell Pierce UInstant Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Condescend XUInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
Stymied Hopes 1UInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
Hydromorph Guardian 2UCreature — Elemental {U}, Sacrifice Hydromorph Guardian: Counter target spell that targets a creature you control. 2/2
Mindswipe XURInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller.
Coretapper 2Artifact Creature — Myr {T}: Put a charge counter on target artifact. Sacrifice Coretapper: Put two charge counters on target artifact. 1/1
Crush Dissent 3UInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Amass Zombies 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Kheru Spellsnatcher 3UCreature — Naga Wizard Morph {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Kheru Spellsnatcher is turned face up, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. 3/3
Calculated Dismissal 2UInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, scry 2. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
Kindred Denial 2UUInstant Counter target spell. Seek a card with the same mana value as that spell.
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