Transmutation
Transmutation
 
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Card Name:
Transmutation
Mana Cost:
1Black
Converted Mana Cost:
2
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:
Rarity:
Common
All Sets:
Legends (Common)
Chronicles (Common)
Artist:
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.