Name
Mercurial Transformation
Mana Cost
Type
Sorcery — Lesson
Set
Strixhaven: School of Mages
Rarity
Uncommon
Text
Until end of turn, target nonland permanent loses all abilities and becomes your choice of a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1 or a blue Octopus creature with base power and toughness 4/4.
Flavor Text
"For sun's sake, I just want a crab!"
Number
#47
Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage
Availability
Arena | Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(16/04/2021)
Although you may want to include Lessons in your sideboard if you’re playing with cards that instruct you to learn, Lesson cards can be included in your main deck like other instant or sorcery cards.
(16/04/2021)
You choose Frog or Octopus as Mercurial Transformation resolves, not when you cast it.
(16/04/2021)
Lesson is a spell subtype found on some instant and sorcery cards in the Strixhaven set. The Lesson subtype has no special rules associated with it.
Artist
Craig J Spearing
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