---
name: "About Face"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ULG"
set_name: "Urza's Legacy"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Melissa A. Benson"
oracle_id: "8a810017-06ac-4824-bc2f-a7d303d58ad7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/about-face-ulg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# About Face
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Transmutation](/printing/transmutation-leg.md) — Instant
2. [Inside Out](/printing/inside-out-eve.md) — Instant
3. [Twisted Image](/printing/twisted-image-a25.md) — Instant
4. [Mannichi, the Fevered Dream](/printing/mannichi-the-fevered-dream-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
5. [Dwarven Thaumaturgist](/printing/dwarven-thaumaturgist-wth.md) — Creature — Dwarf Shaman
6. [Strange Inversion](/printing/strange-inversion-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Legacy (ULG) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Melissa A. Benson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`