---
name: "Distorting Lens"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "8ED"
set_name: "Eighth Edition"
collector_number: "299"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "9c9579c5-7edf-41ca-8595-713ca9245576"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distorting-lens-8ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Distorting Lens
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}: Target permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

> *"L'Occhio cangiante modifica tutto". —William Blake, "The Mental Traveller"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Alchor's Tomb](/printing/alchors-tomb-me4.md) — Artifact
2. [Prismatic Lace](/printing/prismatic-lace-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Quickchange](/printing/quickchange-rav.md) — Instant
4. [Blind Seer](/printing/blind-seer-inv.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Sway of Illusion](/printing/sway-of-illusion-inv.md) — Instant
6. [Ersatz Gnomes](/printing/ersatz-gnomes-mir.md) — Artifact Creature — Gnome

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eighth Edition (8ED) #299
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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