Transcantation
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 67 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019
- Collector number
- 67
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Ryan Printz
- Market price
- $0.86
What it does
Target instant or sorcery spell becomes a copy of Lightning Bolt. Its controller may choose new targets for it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Transcantation was released as part of the 2019 Mystery Booster Playtest Cards, a series of experimental designs included in limited-run convention booster packs. These cards were created by Wizards of the Coast design teams to explore unconventional mechanics and design spaces that would not typically appear in standard, legal-play sets. The card reflects the whimsical, often meta-textual spirit of the Playtest series, which intentionally bypasses standard development balancing to showcase the raw, iterative process of game design.
The card’s aesthetic and functionality are hallmarks of the internal testing culture at Wizards of the Coast, where designers frequently draft with mock-up cards that utilize temporary art and varied formatting. Transcantation serves as a curiosity for collectors, representing a moment where the designers prioritized testing high-concept, complex interactions over the polished, finalized output of a mainline expansion. It remains a notable example of the 'test card' phenomenon, sought primarily for its unique place in the lineage of Magic: The Gathering experimentation.
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About Transcantation
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