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Magic: The GatheringStronghold#40

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Magic: The Gathering

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StrongholdSTH · #40

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.20 € · 0.19 $
Mana value: 2
Colour: Blue

Card text

Change the target of target spell that targets only a player. The new target must be a player.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Doug Chaffee
Card language: English
Release date: 1998-03-02

Flavour text

Insult, like an arrow, is beyond control once loosed.

Rulings

2008-04-01

You can’t use this on a spell unless the target spell is an Aura or uses the word “target” in its text. If it isn’t an Aura and the word “target” is not there, then the spell does not target a player at all—it just affects a player without targeting them.