Transmutation
Legends 123 • common
- Set
- Legends
- Collector number
- 123
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Susan Van Camp
- Market price
- $0.59
What it does
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
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Transmutation was released in 1994 as part of the Legends expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed during a period when the game was rapidly expanding its mechanical complexity, focusing on the blue color's identity of artifact manipulation and transformation. The set was notable for introducing multi-colored cards and complex graveyard mechanics, though Transmutation remained a straightforward utility card within the base set's design philosophy.
The card features an illustration by Dan Frazier, a seminal artist in the game's early history whose work defined much of the aesthetic of the first few years of Magic. Frazier's approach for this card emphasized a surreal, transformative visual style that aimed to reflect the literal act of changing one object into another. While the card is often remembered more for its vintage aesthetic than its competitive viability, it remains a recognized artifact of the game's early development and the distinctive art style that characterized the mid-nineties card sets.
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