Desertion

Classic Sixth Edition · #64 · rare · EN

$1.46

cheapest of 19 store offers · see all

market $2.22

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Counterspell

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Artist: Richard Kane Ferguson

Released: 1999-04-21

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $2.22
  • Cardmarket: €2.15
  • MTGO tix: 0
$3.03$2.07
243 days of daily prices for Desertion: $2.71 to $2.22
2026-01-252026-11-12
243 days tracked · $2.71 → $2.22 (-18%) · low $2.07 · high $3.03
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Classic Sixth Edition #64) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$1.46today
401 GamesHP · todayHPregularCA$2.10today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$1.64today
Magic StrongholdHP · yesterdayHPregularCA$2.80yesterday
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€1.783 days ago
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€1.783 days ago
Everything GamesSP · 8 days agoSPregularCA$3.008 days ago
The Mystic StoreNM · 6 days agoNMregularCA$3.096 days ago
Face To Face GamesSP · todaySPregularCA$3.19today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€2.083 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€2.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$2.75today
Card KingdomMP · todayMPregular$2.79today

Truncated: 6 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 19 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 6 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 6 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Desertion

USD · low $0.53 · high $3.66

Set#RarityUSD
The List#CN2-107 · rareCN2-107rare$0.53
Special Guests#31 · mythic31mythic$2.43
Conspiracy: Take the Crown#107 · rare107rare$0.92
Legendary Cube Prize Pack#24 · rare24rare—
Magic Online Promos#47967 · rare47967rare—
Commander's Arsenal#4 · rare4rare$3.66 foil
Classic Sixth Edition#64 · rare64rare$2.22
Visions#30 · rare30rare$2.44