Name
Mind Bend

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Tenth 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.)


Flavor Text

"The world, I've come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint."
—Ixidor, reality sculptor


Number
#93★

Other Prints
Eighth Edition
Ninth Edition
Mirage
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Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Premodern | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

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


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


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


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


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


Artist
Mike Dringenberg

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