Transmutation

set	min	mtgo
-	0.26	0.0 tix

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Name	Transmutation
Type	Instant
Description	Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
Artist	Susan Van Camp
Set	Chronicles #40
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About Transmutation

Transmutation, Instant, designed by Susan Van Camp first released in Jun, 1994 in the set Legends and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.26. It's a key card in 1 combos.

A deck focused on gaining advantage from manipulating power and toughness, such as a deck with creatures that have abilities based on their power or toughness, would benefit from using Transmutation. While it can be situationally useful, more versatile cards like Abrupt Decay or Dismember may be more impactful overall and could be considered better alternatives, possibly relegating Transmutation to a sideboard option for specific match-ups.

Rules

03/19/21

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.

04/15/13

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.

11/01/05

Note that the wording “Effects that alter the creature’s power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn” has been removed.

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