can change the text of 'destroy all green' to 'destroy all red' or so on.
Tobinator
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
can this be used in the same way magical hack is used to change forests into islands etc.?
Mindbend
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(7 votes)
so underused. turns colour hoses back on your oppenant . change karma to efect plains and your laughing
DysprosiumJudas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
The fact that this is an instant is just hilariously devious.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Tobinator: No, it only changes color words, not land-name words.
Ouroborobelisk
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Sleight of Mind ???
Smauls
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love the flashback this thing has. Makes fore many of those, "darn, I forgot you played that!!" moments.
MTGFreak
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The answer to Iona, Shield of Emeria . The color is declared as she is coming into play, the stack is still open to responses, unless the color called is Blue... oracle ruling, damn you.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love this card. A) it has flashback. if you can use it to positive effect once, then flashback means card advantage. If you have difficulty using it 'normally' the first time, then a discard effect + flashback can set up a very interesting play. In general, flashback cards should get about 1/4 extra star just cuz.
Second, the ability is something wierd. Text-changing cards are very situational at best, but this particular text reference is easily the most useful of the lot, since specific lands are not necessary to generate particular colors of mana, and specific types of creatures are even more 'relevant only when relevant' (tribal decks)
Guess what is probably the best color to call? Black. Yup. Stops Doom Blade effects and Fear effects dead. Iona, the Protection keyword, and a few other cards are also very powerful color-matters effects that you want to have something to stop.
If I ever sat down, looked at all 14,000-something Magic cards, and started rebuilding the Planeswalker Duel Decks from the ground up using all available sources on the characters (Planeswalker Novels, Web Comics, Flavor Texts, etc.) to get a good understanding of their personalities AND resources to create the perfect deck that matches both their methods and means, then I would probably end up adding about 2 copies of this card to Jace's sideboard. It's not quite maindeck material, but it IS worth deck inclusion, and it perfectly captures Jace's illusionist skills.
In the 'Dream Deck' scenario, I am really completely at a loss for what Nicol Bolas' Ultimate Deck might look like. I think I'd pretty much have to use Richard Garfield, PhD.
htgtmd
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Change the text on Jaya Ballard, Task Mage's first ability to whatever color you're playing against.
Lord_of_phyrexia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Use to change your doom blade to destroy target non purple creature
FarisV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reasons I love this card: It's an instant It's cheap It has flashback, which is doubly awesome The effect doesn't end at end of turn, so what I use this for is to change color protection on creatures with my spell deck so red can target them. Basically, an uncountered Altered Reality is bad news for poor Akroma and her Memorial. "Correction: you had protection from red."
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Second, the ability is something wierd. Text-changing cards are very situational at best, but this particular text reference is easily the most useful of the lot, since specific lands are not necessary to generate particular colors of mana, and specific types of creatures are even more 'relevant only when relevant' (tribal decks)
Guess what is probably the best color to call? Black. Yup. Stops Doom Blade effects and Fear effects dead. Iona, the Protection keyword, and a few other cards are also very powerful color-matters effects that you want to have something to stop.
If I ever sat down, looked at all 14,000-something Magic cards, and started rebuilding the Planeswalker Duel Decks from the ground up using all available sources on the characters (Planeswalker Novels, Web Comics, Flavor Texts, etc.) to get a good understanding of their personalities AND resources to create the perfect deck that matches both their methods and means, then I would probably end up adding about 2 copies of this card to Jace's sideboard. It's not quite maindeck material, but it IS worth deck inclusion, and it perfectly captures Jace's illusionist skills.
In the 'Dream Deck' scenario, I am really completely at a loss for what Nicol Bolas' Ultimate Deck might look like. I think I'd pretty much have to use Richard Garfield, PhD.
It's an instant
It's cheap
It has flashback, which is doubly awesome
The effect doesn't end at end of turn, so what I use this for is to change color protection on creatures with my spell deck so red can target them. Basically, an uncountered Altered Reality is bad news for poor Akroma and her Memorial.
"Correction: you had protection from red."