Transmutation {1}{B}
Instant
Switch target creature’s power and toughness until end of turn.
“You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!”
—Randall Jarrell, The Woman at the Washington Zoo
Illustrated by Susan Van Camp
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Transmutation:
- Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed. (2005-11-01)
- 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. (2021-03-19)
- 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. (2021-03-19)
- 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. (2021-03-19)