Fate Transfer

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Fate Transfer: Instant, Shadowmoor. Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U/B}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Rarity
Common
Set
Shadowmoor (SHM)
Released
2008-05-02
Collector number
161
Artist
Wayne England
Commander rank
19,112 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Fate Transfer

Fate Transfer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue and black instant from Shadowmoor (SHM), an expansion set released in May 2008. It is collector number 161 in that set, with art by Wayne England. It costs {1}{U/B} to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. Shadowmoor is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.

"The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?" -Hrugash, leech bonder

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Fate Transfer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Fate Transfer, newest first.

  • Fate Transfer moves any kind of counters, not just -1/-1 counters.
  • If either one of the targets becomes illegal (because it leaves the battlefield or for any other reason) by the time Fate Transfer resolves, the counters don’t move. If both targets become illegal, Fate Transfer doesn’t resolve.
  • This effect may result in useless counters being placed on a creature. For example, if an age counter is moved from a creature with cumulative upkeep to a creature without cumulative upkeep, it will have no effect on the new creature.

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