Darksteel Mutation
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SetVOC
Collector #84
Released2021-11-19
Rarityuncommon
ArtistDaniel Ljunggren
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Darksteel Mutation

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is an Insect artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/1 and has indestructible, and it loses all other abilities, card types, and creature types.
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Enchant
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Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (8)
wotc17 Oct 2013
The creature will keep any supertypes it previously had. Notably, if Darksteel Mutation is enchanting a legendary creature, that creature will continue to be legendary. Also, if it's enchanting a commander, that creature will continue to be a commander.
wotc17 Oct 2013
In some rare cases, the creature may have subtypes other than creature types before becoming enchanted with Darksteel Mutation. If it had any other artifact subtypes (such as Equipment), it will retain those. If it had any subtypes other than artifact types and creature types (such as Shrine), it won't retain those.
wotc17 Oct 2013
Darksteel Mutation overwrites the printed power and toughness of the enchanted creature, as well as any characteristic-defining abilities that define power and/or toughness.
wotc17 Oct 2013
However, Darksteel Mutation does not overwrite effects that change the enchanted creature's power or toughness without setting it to a specific value (such as the ones created by Giant Growth or Glorious Anthem). It also won't overwrite the effect of counters.
wotc17 Oct 2013
The enchanted creature will be only an artifact and a creature, not any other card types. It will be only an Insect, not any other creature types.
wotc17 Oct 2013
Darksteel Mutation doesn't affect the enchanted creature's colors, if any. It will continue to be whatever color or colors it was before Darksteel Mutation entered the battlefield.