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◇ Catalog #69

Transmute Artifact

DIGITAL ONLY

me4·#69·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Anson Maddocks

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,555 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$17

Nonfoil$17

Gameplay

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 {X}, 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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2011-01-01wotc

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.

2004-10-04wotc

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.

2004-10-04wotc

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.

2004-10-04

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME4 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #69 of *Masters Edition IV*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Masters Edition IV release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{U} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,555 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Anson Maddocks. Rarix catalogs 716 other cards credited to this artist.