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Strange Inversion

Red

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Strange Inversion, Champions of Kamigawa printing
Champions of Kamigawa CHK · No. 192 2004-10-01

Card text

{2}{R}
Instant — Arcane
Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Keywords: Splice
EDHREC rank #27117 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

You choose all targets for the spell after revealing cards you want to splice, including any targets required by the text of any of those cards. You may choose a different target for each instance of the word "target" on the resulting spell.

2013-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell.

2013-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

A card with a splice ability can't be spliced onto itself because the spell is on the stack (and not in your hand) when you reveal the cards you want to splice onto it.

2013-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

2013-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if you switch its power and toughness during that turn.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

Effects that switch a creature's power and toughness apply after all other effects, regardless of when those effects began to apply. For instance, if you target a 1/2 creature then give it +2/+0 later in the turn, it's a 2/3 creature, not a 4/1 creature.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Strange Inversion, Champions of Kamigawa printing
Champions of Kamigawa
CHK · #192
Uncommon
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