Transmutation
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| Commander | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Oldschool | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Paupercommander | Legal |
| Predh | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Card Set | Chronicles |
| Card Type | Instant |
| Rarity | Common |
| Mana Cost | |
| Card Text | Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. |
| Flavor Text | "You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!" —Randall Jarrell, *The Woman at the Washington Zoo* |
| Card Number | #40 |
| Artist | Susan Van Camp |
| Card Languages | English |
| Frame Version | 1993 |
| Border Color | White |
| EDHREC Rank | 26967 |
| Has Foil? | No |
| Reprint? | Yes |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| In Starter? | No |
| Time Shifted? | No |
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Card Rulings
2005-11-01Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed.
2021-03-19Because 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.
2021-03-19Effects 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.
2021-03-19Switching 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.