Shunt

set	min	mtgo
-	3.87	0.02 tix

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Name	Shunt
Type	Instant
Description	Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Flavor	Aranghil held her fury in her heart, hard and bright as a ruby. With its razor edge, she rewrote the laws of battle.
Artist	Greg Hildebrandt
Set	Tenth Edition #233
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Shunt

Shunt, Instant, designed by Greg Hildebrandt first released in Feb, 2004 in the set Darksteel and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 3.87.

This card, Shunt, would be beneficial in a deck that focuses on disrupting your opponent's strategy by redirecting their key spells. It could be particularly useful in a deck that aims to protect its own creatures or combo pieces by redirecting removal spells or counterspells. While Shunt can be situationally powerful, there are better options available such as Deflecting Swat or Ricochet Trap, which offer more versatility and potential for blowout plays. Overall, Shunt could see play in specific metagames or sideboard situations where redirecting spells is crucial, but it may not be a staple in most decks.

Rules

07/15/07

If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Shunt, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.

10/04/04

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.

10/04/04

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.

10/04/04

This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.

10/04/04

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.

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