Trait Doctoring
Dragon's Maze 18 • rare
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Collector number
- 18
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Trait Doctoring was released in 2013 as part of the Dragon's Maze expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a card featuring the 'fuse' mechanic, it was designed to allow players to cast one or both halves of a split card, reflecting the set's thematic focus on the ten guilds of Ravnica working together. It was conceptualized during a period of complex mechanical exploration for the game, aiming to provide utility through color manipulation.
The card's artwork was illustrated by Dave Kendall, who utilized a dark, atmospheric style to capture the manipulative nature of the spell. Upon its release, the card received a lukewarm reception from the competitive community, as its niche effect—changing color words on spells or permanents—was often viewed as too situational for high-level constructed play, though it remains a curious piece of the game's broader mechanical history.
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