Transmutation

Chronicles (CHR) #40 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {1}{B}

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 · Released July 1, 1995

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: no net change at $0.16 USD; low $0.15 USD, high $0.17 USD.

Printings

  1. Chronicles #40 (this printing) · Common · 1995 · $0.16 USD
  2. Legends #123 (LEG) · Common · 1994 · $0.59 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2005-11-01 · wotc — Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed.
  2. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.

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