Trait Doctoring

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Name	Trait Doctoring
Type	Sorcery
Description	Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature See more
Artist	Clint Cearley
Set	Dragon's Maze #18
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About Trait Doctoring

Trait Doctoring, Sorcery, designed by Clint Cearley first released in May, 2013 in the set Dragon's Maze. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.26. It's a key card in 1 combos.

Trait Doctoring could be useful in a deck that focuses on color manipulation or land type synergies, such as a deck that seeks to disrupt an opponent's strategy by changing the colors or land types of their permanents. However, there are likely better options available for this effect, such as cards like Sleight of Mind or Magical Hack, which offer more versatility and immediate impact. Overall, Trait Doctoring may not see play in competitive Magic: the Gathering decks due to its limited application and reliance on the Cipher mechanic for additional value.

Rules

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If a creature with an encoded card deals combat damage to more than one player simultaneously (perhaps because some of the combat damage was redirected), the triggered ability will trigger once for each player it deals combat damage to. Each ability will create a copy of the exiled card and allow you to cast it.

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If the spell with cipher doesn’t resolve, none of its effects will happen, including cipher. The card will go to its owner’s graveyard and won’t be encoded on a creature.

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If you want to encode the card with cipher onto a noncreature permanent such as a Keyrune that can turn into a creature, that permanent has to be a creature before the spell with cipher starts resolving. You can choose only a creature to encode the card onto.

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The exiled card with cipher grants a triggered ability to the creature it’s encoded on. If that creature loses that ability and subsequently deals combat damage to a player, the triggered ability won’t trigger. However, the exiled card will continue to be encoded on that creature.

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The spell with cipher is encoded on the creature as part of that spell’s resolution, just after the spell’s other effects. That card goes directly from the stack to exile. It never goes to the graveyard.

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The type-changing effect can change part of a word such as “nonblack” or “swampwalk” if the part of the word is being used to refer to a color or basic land type.

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Trait Doctoring’s effect changes only the text printed on the permanent. It can’t change words found in abilities it’s been granted. For example, if you’ve changed “green” to “blue,” and the permanent gains protection from green (as opposed to having protection from green printed on it), that protection ability is unaffected. The permanent will have protection from green.

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You cast the copy of the card with cipher during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type.

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You choose what word you’re changing and what word you’re changing it to as Trait Doctoring resolves.

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