Cultural Exchange
Odyssey 79 • rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $5.79
What it does
Choose any number of creatures target player controls. Choose the same number of creatures another target player controls. Those players exchange control of those creatures. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cultural Exchange was released in the Odyssey expansion for Magic: The Gathering in October 2001. As a rare sorcery, it fits into the set's thematic emphasis on the graveyard and complex board interactions, a mechanical shift that defined the Odyssey block. The card serves as a high-impact exchange effect, allowing players to trade control of two target creatures, which reflects the set's strategic focus on resource management and shifting tides of power.
The artwork was provided by Daren Bader, a prolific contributor to the game during this era. Bader’s aesthetic for this piece captures the surreal and transformative nature of the effect, utilizing the vibrant, slightly dark fantasy palette characteristic of early 2000s Magic art. The design was intended to offer a chaotic, skill-testing card for the multiplayer formats that were beginning to rise in popularity alongside the game's standard constructed play.
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