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'''Convert''' is a [[keyword action]] introduced in ''[[Transformers]]'' and means to turn a [[double-faced card]] to the opposite face.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|vuZHDR3ZBd8|Hasbro Pulse Con 2022, DAY ONE|channel=Hasbro Pulse|date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> | '''Convert''' is a [[keyword action]] introduced in ''[[Transformers]]'' and means to turn a [[double-faced card]] to the opposite face.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|vuZHDR3ZBd8|Hasbro Pulse Con 2022, DAY ONE|channel=Hasbro Pulse|date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> It is exactly the same as [[Transform]]. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Similar to | Similar to Transform, if an ability instructs you to convert the permanent, you turn it over so its other face is up. Whichever face is up at the time tells you what that permanent is and what it can do. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 05:00, 2 October 2022
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| Introduced | Transformers |
| Last used | Transformers |
| Reminder Text | No official reminder text |
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Convert is a keyword action introduced in Transformers and means to turn a double-faced card to the opposite face.[1] It is exactly the same as Transform.
Description
Similar to Transform, if an ability instructs you to convert the permanent, you turn it over so its other face is up. Whichever face is up at the time tells you what that permanent is and what it can do.
History
Convert is a mechanic developed to allow double-faced cards to transform between both faces, representing the Transformers ability to convert between their robot mode and alternate mode.
"Convert" is the term actually used by Hasbro on the packaging and in the manuals for the Transformers franchise.[2][3] They do this to avoid genericizing the term Transformer and transform, and thus to protect their trademark. Under US trademark law, a trademarked term can lose its trademark if it becomes a generalized term for what it represents (such as "Band-Aid" for an adhesive bandage, "Kleenex" for tissue, or "Hoover" for vacuum cleaner). In an attempt to keep "Transformers" as a specific, trademarked term for their brand, the toys and media always refer to the change between robot and vehicle as "converting." This is especially ironic in this case, since they had to trade in the existing Magic: The Gathering Transform mechanic for the new Convert.
Rules
TBA
Example
Example
Starscream, Power Hungry 
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
2/3
More Than Meets the Eye 
(You may cast this card converted for )
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, if you’re the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.
Rulings
References
- ↑ Hasbro Pulse Con 2022, DAY ONE (Video). Hasbro Pulse. YouTube (September 30, 2022).
- ↑ Nick Miller (September 30, 2022). "Transformers MTG Cards To Show Up In The Brothers’ War Booster Packs". StarCityGames.
- ↑ Transformers wiki