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Transmute Artifact

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Transmute Artifact, Antiquities printing
Antiquities ATQ · No. 14 1994-03-04

Card text

{U}{U}
Sorcery
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.
EDHREC rank #3733 Uncommon Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not 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 ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

You can't sacrifice more than one artifact to this spell.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

The one from the library enters when the spell is resolved, and this does not count as the casting of an artifact.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2011-01-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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