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In regards to playing your blue misdirection spell against the black dark harvest spell, you would just move the enchantment, as instructed in the blue spell. Books on misdirection theory11 forums magic discussion. See that you have now learned how misdirection works. The concept of misdirection involves distracting someone from a certain topic or fact with another. Successful magic tricks require diverting audiences attention toward a distracting. Misdirection a classic sleight of hand or rope a dope.
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