{"id":5937,"date":"2025-09-15T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/?page_id=5937"},"modified":"2025-09-27T01:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:30:08","slug":"transmute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/transmute\/","title":{"rendered":"Transmute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5937\" class=\"elementor elementor-5937\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82aa631 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82aa631\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cab98a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cab98a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transmute<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2b25ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2b25ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f94bd elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94f94bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Transmute<\/b>\u00a0is the\u00a0<a title=\"Keyword ability\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Keyword_ability\">keyword ability<\/a>\u00a0of cards in\u00a0<a title=\"Ravnica block\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ravnica_block\">Ravnica block<\/a>\u00a0aligned with the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Dimir\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dimir\">Dimir<\/a>\u00a0guild.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p><p class=\"crTitle\">From the\u00a0<i><a title=\"Comprehensive Rules\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Comprehensive_Rules\">Comprehensive Rules<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(November 8, 2024\u2014<i><a title=\"Edge of Eternities\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Edge_of_Eternities\">Edge of Eternities<\/a><\/i>)<\/p><ul><li><b>702.53.<\/b>\u00a0<strong class=\"mw-selflink selflink\">Transmute<\/strong><ul><li><b>702.53a<\/b>\u00a0Transmute is an activated ability that functions only while the card with transmute is in a player\u2019s hand. \u201cTransmute [cost]\u201d means \u201c[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as the discarded card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Activate only as a sorcery.\u201d<\/li><li><b>702.53b<\/b>\u00a0Although the transmute ability can be activated only if the card is in a player\u2019s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with transmute will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.<\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Transmute works by allowing a player to pay the transmute cost of a given card, discarding the card, then searching their library for a card with the same\u00a0<a title=\"Mana\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Mana#Converted_Mana_Cost\">converted mana cost<\/a>\u00a0as the discarded card.<\/p><p>Transmute was created by\u00a0<a title=\"Aaron Forsythe\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Aaron_Forsythe\">Aaron Forsythe<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Transmute#cite_note-3\" aria-label=\"Reference 3\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>3<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0It appears only on\u00a0<a title=\"Black\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Black\">Black<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Blue\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Blue\">Blue<\/a>\u00a0cards.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5bf558 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5bf558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212354434.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6714\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212354434.png 672w, https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212354434-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8320db6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8320db6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59028af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59028af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c962802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c962802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>If you transmute a card with mana cost <i class=\"ms ms-cost ms-u\"><\/i><i class=\"ms ms-cost ms-u\"><\/i>, for example, you can search for any card in your library with converted mana cost 2. It doesn&#8217;t matter what type or colors that card is.<\/li>\n \t<li>You don&#8217;t need to have another card with the same converted mana cost in your library to activate the transmute ability, and you don&#8217;t need to find a card even if there is one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63228fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63228fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c884b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7c884b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transmute in practice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427247a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"427247a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216bff2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"216bff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Transmute\u00a0<\/strong>translate to library possibilities getting to transform a card in your hand, depending on the situation either use the spell or <strong>Transmute <\/strong>to your needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3500d6a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3500d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212534390.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6715\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212534390.png 672w, https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212534390-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70d6f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a70d6f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212619136.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212619136.png 672w, https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-26_212619136-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transmute Transmute\u00a0is the\u00a0keyword ability\u00a0of cards in\u00a0Ravnica block\u00a0aligned with the\u00a0Dimir\u00a0guild. 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