---
name: "Alter Reality"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justin Sweet"
oracle_id: "054c00b4-c940-455a-ad88-b8aa35931ecf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/alter-reality-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Alter Reality
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sleight of Mind](/printing/sleight-of-mind-5ed.md) — Instant
2. [Crystal Spray](/printing/crystal-spray-sld.md) — Instant
3. [Spectral Shift](/printing/spectral-shift-5dn.md) — Instant
4. [Mind Bend](/printing/mind-bend-8ed.md) — Instant
5. [Glamerdye](/printing/glamerdye-eve.md) — Instant
6. [Swirl the Mists](/printing/swirl-the-mists-chk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justin Sweet
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`