Pointed Discussion

Weird For Red But Not Really

A mono red deck could use this on a multi color deck to toss nicole bolas's 1st ability right back in his face! We need more mono color cards with power like this.

Can't target abilities offa planeswalkers, good for spells tho

Great card. Play an Eater of Days watch people swearm. 5/5

@ZioKai

Uhh, that's a triggered ability not a spell. You can Stifle it... but you can't Shunt it.

I thought that ZioKai was reffering to Reroute. However, Reroute only applies to an activated ability- tapping, paying cost, etc - not just going into play. If the definition was any fuzzier, Reroute would be almost broken.

"You" AND "Target" are two very different text words. You means the spells controller because it doesnt target you can't change the target however with cards like Guile you can however take control instead.

@MasterOfEtherium: i hope somebody steals your shift keys, redirection is classic red
@GainingGround: abilities are not spells, bolas is not a woman
@ZioKai: what does swearm mean

I think the rules to this game are perfectly clear. Comment threads like this make me worry about the state of humanity.

@tenkaze
Redirection is a red ability, but this still feels blue. Partly because it's Deflection for 1 mana cheeper, partly because redirection still is more blue then red.

Redirection is both Red & Blue... that's why it's printed in both colors. (Duh!)

As for this card, it used to be good... but Swerve is better.

Deflect MAGIC 2011 (NEW CARD)
Instant (RARE)
You may choose new targets for target spell.
“Your strategy is extraordinary. I just adjusted a few minor details.”
-Veris, Guardian of the fortress Indi
Illus. Izzy
Collectors Number: 71/249

If you use this on an opponent's Cancel, and redirect the target of Cancel to this spell, what happens?
If this spell is countered by Cancel, then the redirection never occurs, meaning that this spell resolves normally, but if it resolves normally, it should be countered.
Divide by zero?

@IndianaWalsh

The Cancel fizzles because it no longer has a legal target

@Tenkaze: I'll go ahead give you 5 stars for that first sentence in your comment.
@IndianaWalsh: SuicidalTendancies is right, Cancel fizzles because it no longer has a legal target, however Reverberate would probably be better in most cases, since you could just copy the Cancel and counter it with the copy.

Shunt is ... well yeah, it can be good. Nothing like Shunting a large Fireball or similar spell to toast your opponent, that's for sure, but I'd still prefer having Reverberate in most cases because it's cheaper and can double the damage from your burn spells.
That's not to say that Shunt is a bad card, because it can do a lot of stuff that Reverberate can't. Shunt is just more situational, which means that there's a chance that it could end up as a "dead" card, just sitting in your hand when you'd rather have Reverberate to deal more damage with that Lightning Bolt or whatever other burn spell you might have.

@tenkaze - I would agree but your post gives me hope...

A card's costs are paid, and it is placed on the stack BEFORE the targets are chosen. Therefore, you can cast this card, and then choose Shunt as a new target for cancel. Check the official rules, and more specifically, rule 601, for further details.
However, I cannot find any reference to a rule that states that a spell cannot target itself. Why can't you redirect cancel to cancel?

It's card names like these that make me think that WotC likes looking through thesauruses a little too much.

@kiseki

Rule 114.4: A spell or ability on the stack is an illegal target for itself.
There you go.

Super-entertaining to use this on Time Stretch, Braingeyser, Curse of the Cabal, Flame Wave... big spells, basically.