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Certain cards in ''Magic'' have effects that can change the text of other cards and are referred to as "'''text-changing effects'''" or, informally, as "'''hacks'''". Cards with such effects may themselves be referred to as "text-changing effects" but are more commonly referred to as "hacks", a term that has been recognized by at least ''[[5th Edition]]'', by the ''Glossary of the [[Official Strategy Guide (5th Edition)]]''. Text-changing effects are considered exclusively within [[blue|blue magic]] according to the historic and current understanding of the [[Color Pie]], and all cards with a text-changing effect have been blue to date. | |||
Text-changing effects replace each instance of a characteristic with another of the same genus (e.g., color) or type (e.g., basic land subtype, creature subtype). | |||
==Comprehensive Rules== | |||
{{CR|Dark Ascension|*'''612.''' Text-Changing Effects | |||
**'''612.1.''' Some continuous effects change an object's text. This can apply to any words or symbols printed on that object, but generally affects only that object's rules text (which appears in its [[text box]]) and/or the text that appears in its type line. Such an effect is a text-changing effect. | |||
**'''612.2.''' A text-changing effect changes only those words that are used in the correct way (for example, a Magic [[Colors (rules)|color word]] being used as a color word, a [[land]] type word used as a land type, or a [[creature type]] word used as a creature type). An effect that changes a color word or a subtype can't change a card name, even if that name contains a word or a series of letters that is the same as a Magic color word, basic land type, or creature type. | |||
***'''612.2a''' Most spells and abilities that create creature [[token]]s use creature types to define both the creature types and the names of the tokens. A text-changing effect that affects such a spell or an object with such an ability can change these words because they're being used as creature types, even though they're also being used as names. | |||
**'''612.3.''' Effects that add or remove abilities don't change the text of the objects they affect, so any abilities that ar e granted to an object can't be modified by text-changing effects that affect that object. | |||
**'''612.4.''' A token's subtypes and rules text are defined by the spell or ability that created the token. A text-changing effect that affects a token can change these characteristics. | |||
**'''612.5.''' One card (<c>Volrath's Shapeshifter</c>) states that an object has the "full text" of another object. This changes not just the text that appears in the object's text box and type line, but also changes the text that represents its [[name]], [[mana cost]], [[color indicator]], [[expansion symbol]], [[power]], and [[toughness]].}} | |||
==List of text-changing effects== | |||
===Color word "hacks"=== | |||
As of ''Dragon's Maze'', four (4) cards can change a color word to another: | |||
* <c>Alter Reality</c> (''[[Torment]]'') | * <c>Alter Reality</c> (''[[Torment]]'') | ||
* <c>Balduvian Shaman</c> (''[[Ice Age]]'') | * <c>Balduvian Shaman</c> (''[[Ice Age]]'') | ||
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* <c>Sleight of Mind</c> (''[[Alpha]]'', ''[[Beta]]'', ''[[Unlimited]]'', ''[[Revised Edition]]'', ''[[4th Edition]]'', ''[[Ice Age]]'', ''[[5th Edition]]'') | * <c>Sleight of Mind</c> (''[[Alpha]]'', ''[[Beta]]'', ''[[Unlimited]]'', ''[[Revised Edition]]'', ''[[4th Edition]]'', ''[[Ice Age]]'', ''[[5th Edition]]'') | ||
===Basic land subtype "hacks"=== | |||
As of ''Dragon's Maze'', one (1) card can change a basic land subtype to another: | |||
* <c>Magical Hack</c> (''[[Alpha]]'', ''[[Beta]]'', ''[[Unlimited]]'', ''[[Revised Edition]]'', ''[[4th Edition]]'', ''[[5th Edition]]'') | * <c>Magical Hack</c> (''[[Alpha]]'', ''[[Beta]]'', ''[[Unlimited]]'', ''[[Revised Edition]]'', ''[[4th Edition]]'', ''[[5th Edition]]'') | ||
===Color word and/or basic land subtype "hacks"=== | |||
As of ''Dragon's Maze'', five (5) cards can change a color word to another or a basic land subtype to another: | |||
* <c>Crystal Spray</c> (''[[Invasion]]'') | * <c>Crystal Spray</c> (''[[Invasion]]'') | ||
* <c>Mind Bend</c> (''[[Mirage]]'', ''[[8th Edition]]'', ''[[9th Edition]]'', ''[[10th Edition]]'') | * <c>Mind Bend</c> (''[[Mirage]]'', ''[[8th Edition]]'', ''[[9th Edition]]'', ''[[10th Edition]]'') | ||
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* <c>Whim of Volrath</c> (''[[Tempest]]'') | * <c>Whim of Volrath</c> (''[[Tempest]]'') | ||
===Creature subtype "hacks"=== | |||
As of ''Dragon's Maze'', one (1) card can change a creature subtype with another: | |||
* <c>Artificial Evolution</c> (''[[Onslaught]]'') | * <c>Artificial Evolution</c> (''[[Onslaught]]'') | ||
In addition, | ===Other "hacks"=== | ||
In addition to the above "hacks", ''[[Unhinged]]'' featured <c>Magical Hacker</c>, a creature that can replace plus ("+") signs in text boxes with minus ("−") signs and vice versa. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Color changers]] | *[[Color changers]] | ||
* [[Land changers]] | *[[Land changers]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category: Magic rules]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]] | [[Category:Magic rules]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]] | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 26 April 2013
Template:Navigation CR Certain cards in Magic have effects that can change the text of other cards and are referred to as "text-changing effects" or, informally, as "hacks". Cards with such effects may themselves be referred to as "text-changing effects" but are more commonly referred to as "hacks", a term that has been recognized by at least 5th Edition, by the Glossary of the Official Strategy Guide (5th Edition). Text-changing effects are considered exclusively within blue magic according to the historic and current understanding of the Color Pie, and all cards with a text-changing effect have been blue to date.
Text-changing effects replace each instance of a characteristic with another of the same genus (e.g., color) or type (e.g., basic land subtype, creature subtype).
Comprehensive Rules
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List of text-changing effects
Color word "hacks"
As of Dragon's Maze, four (4) cards can change a color word to another:
- Alter Reality (Torment)
- Balduvian Shaman (Ice Age)
- Glamerdye (Eventide)
- Sleight of Mind (Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Revised Edition, 4th Edition, Ice Age, 5th Edition)
Basic land subtype "hacks"
As of Dragon's Maze, one (1) card can change a basic land subtype to another:
Color word and/or basic land subtype "hacks"
As of Dragon's Maze, five (5) cards can change a color word to another or a basic land subtype to another:
- Crystal Spray (Invasion)
- Mind Bend (Mirage, 8th Edition, 9th Edition, 10th Edition)
- Spectral Shift (Fifth Dawn)
- Trait Doctoring (Dragon's Maze)
- Whim of Volrath (Tempest)
Creature subtype "hacks"
As of Dragon's Maze, one (1) card can change a creature subtype with another:
Other "hacks"
In addition to the above "hacks", Unhinged featured Magical Hacker, a creature that can replace plus ("+") signs in text boxes with minus ("−") signs and vice versa.