Transmute Artifact
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SetME4
Collector #69
Released2011-01-10
Rarityrare
ArtistAnson Maddocks
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Transmute Artifact

RareReserved listColour IDMV 2
Sorcery
Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield. If it's greater, you may pay , where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle.
Card capabilities
SorceryTutor
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Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 1994-03-04Newest 2017-09-17Cheapest priced $403.13 in ATQ
Rulings (6)
wotc1 Jan 2011
The sacrifice of an artifact is an effect of the spell, not a cost, which means it happens as the spell resolves. If Transmute Artifact is countered, you do not have to sacrifice an artifact.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If the chosen artifact costs less than or the same as the sacrificed artifact, you simply put it onto the battlefield without paying any additional costs.
wotc4 Oct 2004
The one from the library enters when the spell is resolved, and this does not count as the casting of an artifact.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Additional mana spent to cover the differences in mana costs is not part of the mana cost of this spell. It is spent during spell resolution.
wotc4 Oct 2004
You can't sacrifice more than one artifact to this spell.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Because the "search" requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don't have to find the card if you don't want to.