Name
Mind Bend

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Ninth Edition

Rarity
Rare

Text

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)


Number
#87★

Other Prints
Tenth Edition
Eighth Edition
Mirage
The List

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Premodern | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(04/10/2004)
It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.


(04/10/2004)
You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.


(04/10/2004)
You choose the words to change on resolution.


(04/10/2004)
It can be used to change a land’s type from one basic land type to another. For example, Forest can be changed to Island so it produces blue mana. It doesn’t change the name of any permanent.


(04/10/2004)
Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.


(04/10/2004)
It only changes what is printed on the card (or set on a token when it was created or set by a copy effect). It will not change any effects that are on the permanent.


(04/10/2004)
Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.


Artist
Tony Szczudlo

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