Misdirection
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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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.
Rulings
8 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2004-10-04
If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
- 2004-10-04
This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
- 2004-10-04
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
This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.
- 2004-10-04
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
You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
- 2004-10-04
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
You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Misdirection, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jori En, Ruin Diver | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Izzet 1 deck
Misdirection price history
The Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins #15 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $12.56 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $12.56 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $12.51 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $12.44 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $12.52 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $12.64 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Misdirection
6 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Showcase
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $76.10
The List
- Normal
- $18.59
Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
- Normal
- $12.56
Conspiracy
- Normal
- $13.59
- Foil
- $97.74
World Championship Decks 2001
- Normal
- $5.96
Mercadian Masques
- Normal
- $50.13
- Foil
- $1,266.66
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Misdirection. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.