FOILCheapest priced copy (Seventh Edition): $0.49 at Card Kingdom, near mint, their price list as of .
Deflection 
Instant · Rare · Seventh Edition · #69★
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Legal inCommanderModernLegacyVintage
Not legal inBrawlStandardPioneerPauper
11 printings · $0.49 to $34.99 at Card Kingdom
| Set | Number | Rarity | Card Kingdom | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Edition | 81 | Rare | $0.59 | — |
| Classic Sixth Edition | 63 | Rare | $0.69 | — |
| Seventh Edition | 69 | Rare | $0.49 | — |
| Seventh Edition | 69★ | Rare | — | $34.99 |
| Eighth Edition | 74 | Rare | $0.49 | — |
| Eighth Edition | 74★ | Rare | — | $2.49 |
| Ice Age | 65 | Rare | $1.79 | — |
| Oversized League Prizes | 29 | Rare | — | — |
| Oversized League Prizes | 30 | Rare | — | — |
| Salvat 2005 | E37 | Rare | — | — |
| Pro Tour Collector Set | ml81 | Rare | $1.79 | — |
10 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
- 4 October 2004You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
- 4 October 2004This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
- 4 October 2004You 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.
- 4 October 2004Once 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.
- 4 October 2004You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
- 4 October 2004If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
- 4 October 2004This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.
- 4 October 2004The 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.
- 1 February 2009If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Deflection, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.
- 1 February 2009If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can’t target it with Deflection.