---
name: "Fate Transfer"
mana_cost: "{1}{U/B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "161"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "7a07451f-70b3-4bfd-af54-6b4182369652"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fate-transfer-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fate Transfer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U/B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.

> *"The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?"
—Hrugash, leech bonder*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bioshift](/printing/bioshift-gtc.md) — Instant
2. [Giant Fan](/printing/giant-fan-ugl.md) — Artifact
3. [Resourceful Defense](/printing/resourceful-defense-eoc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Nexus Mentality](/printing/nexus-mentality-soc.md) — Instant
5. [Nesting Grounds](/printing/nesting-grounds-pip.md) — Land
6. [Leech Bonder](/printing/leech-bonder-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #161
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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