---
name: "Strange Inversion"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "192"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Khang Le"
oracle_id: "540f8779-cf29-4582-8b7f-95ebcae92925"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strange-inversion-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Strange Inversion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Twisted Image](/printing/twisted-image-a25.md) — Instant
2. [About Face](/printing/about-face-ulg.md) — Instant
3. [Inside Out](/printing/inside-out-eve.md) — Instant
4. [Transmutation](/printing/transmutation-leg.md) — Instant
5. [Mannichi, the Fevered Dream](/printing/mannichi-the-fevered-dream-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
6. [Inversion Behemoth](/printing/inversion-behemoth-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #192
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Khang Le
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`