Transmutation (Chronicles) - Gatherer

Transmutation

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Transmutation

Mana Cost:

Converted Mana Cost:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Until end of turn, switch target creature's power and toughness. Effects that alter power alter toughness instead, and vice versa.

Flavor Text:

"You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me"

—Randall Jarrell, The Woman at the Washington Zoo

Expansion:

Chronicles

Rarity:

Common

All Sets:

Artist:

Susan Van Camp

Rulings

11/1/2005	Note that the wording “Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn” has been removed.
3/19/2021	Effects that switch a creature's power and toughness apply after all other effects, regardless of when those effects began to apply. For instance, if you target a 1/2 creature then give it +2/+0 later in the turn, it's a 2/3 creature, not a 4/1 creature.
3/19/2021	Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if you switch its power and toughness during that turn.
3/19/2021	Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches.