Magery
Theme
Transmute Artifact
UU
Sorcery
Artist:
Anson Maddocks
All artists:
Anson Maddocks
, Jason Felix
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.
U
$387.63
cheapest print
Prices
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Antiquities
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14 | Regular | Nonfoil | $387.63 |
Price History
Printings (3)
Masters Edition IV 
Magic Online Promos Rulings
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.
You can't sacrifice more than one artifact to this spell.
The one from the library enters when the spell is resolved, and this does not count as the casting of an artifact.
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.
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.
Additional mana spent to cover the differences in mana costs is not part of the mana cost of this spell. It is spent during spell resolution.
Format Legality
Standard
Not Legal
Future
Not Legal
Historic
Not Legal
Timeless
Not Legal
Gladiator
Not Legal
Pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Not Legal
Legacy
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Vintage
Legal
Penny
Not Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Standardbrawl
Not Legal
Brawl
Not Legal
Alchemy
Not Legal
Paupercommander
Not Legal
Duel
Legal
Oldschool
Legal
Premodern
Not Legal
Predh
Legal