Transmute

Transmute
Keyword Ability
Type	Activated
Introduced	Ravnica: City of Guilds
Last used	Future Sight
Reminder Text	Transmute [cost] ([cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Storm Scale	9
Statistics	14 cards 36% 36% 21% 7%
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keyword:"transmute only"

Transmute is the keyword ability of cards in Ravnica block aligned with the Dimir guild. It works by allowing a player to pay the transmute cost of a given card, discarding the card, then searching his or her library for a card with the same converted mana cost as the discarded card. It appears only on Black and Blue cards.

Unlikely to return

R&D have soured on Tutoring mechanics as they make games play out too similarly. Individual tutors are considered to be fine, but they don’t currently plan to do whole mechanics like Transmute, anymore.

Rulings

• If you transmute a card with mana cost , for example, you can search for any card in your library with converted mana cost 2. It doesn't matter what type or colors that card is.
• You don't need to have another card with the same converted mana cost in your library to play the transmute ability, and you don't need to find a card even if there is one.

Examples

Example

Muddle the Mixture
Instant
Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)