Redirect
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2012M12 · #74
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.36 € · ★ 0.76 € · 0.40 $ · ★ 0.99 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Izzy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-07-15
Flavour text
"It's actually quite simple, but since you've only recently begun to walk upright, it may take some time to explain." —Jace Beleren, to Garruk Wildspeaker
Rulings
If the targeted spell is modal (that is, it says “Choose one —” or the like), you can’t choose a different mode.
If you cast Redirect targeting a spell that targets a spell on the stack (like Cancel does, for example), you can’t change that spell’s target to itself. You can, however, change that spell’s target to Redirect. If you do, that spell won’t resolve when it tries to resolve because Redirect will have left the stack by then.
Redirect can target any spell, not just an instant or sorcery spell. For example, you could use it to change the target of an Aura spell. However, if the targeted spell has no targets (for example, if it’s an instant or sorcery spell that doesn’t specifically use the word “target,” or if it’s a creature spell), Redirect won’t have any effect on it.
You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can’t choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
