---
name: "Deflecting Palm"
mana_cost: "{R}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ryohei Shimazaki"
oracle_id: "dc5dffc8-fac5-4956-bac4-1ad2cc16f6be"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deflecting-palm-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deflecting Palm
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

> *「歴史の学徒は誰しもが過去から学ぶ力を持つ。偉大な者たちはそれを自らの利益のために用いる。」
――ロアホールドの学部長、プラーグ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Divine Deflection](/printing/divine-deflection-avr.md) — Instant
2. [Reflect Damage](/printing/reflect-damage-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Reverse Damage](/printing/reverse-damage-3ed.md) — Instant
4. [Honorable Passage](/printing/honorable-passage-wc97.md) — Instant
5. [Channel Harm](/printing/channel-harm-frf.md) — Instant
6. [New Way Forward](/printing/new-way-forward-tdm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #128
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ryohei Shimazaki
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`