First printed in Shadowmoor (2008)
Fate Transfer 
Instant
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
- Illustrated by
- Wayne England
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
Combos
62 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Dragonspark Reactor + Eternity Vessel + Fate Transfer + March of the Machines
- Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Dragonspark Reactor + Eternity Vessel + Fate Transfer + Karn, Silver Golem
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Blasting Station + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Reluctant Role Model
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Resourceful Defense + Viscera Seer
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Bartolomé del Presidio + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Host of the Hereafter
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Reluctant Role Model + Viscera Seer
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Reluctant Role Model
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Bloodflow Connoisseur + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Host of the Hereafter + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan