---
name: "Transmutation"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BCHR"
set_name: "Chronicles Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Susan Van Camp"
oracle_id: "72a75113-4ddf-460d-8d9b-03931c2788da"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/transmutation-bchr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Transmutation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [About Face](/printing/about-face-ulg.md) — Instant
2. [Twisted Image](/printing/twisted-image-a25.md) — Instant
3. [Inside Out](/printing/inside-out-eve.md) — Instant
4. [Merfolk Thaumaturgist](/printing/merfolk-thaumaturgist-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Dwarven Thaumaturgist](/printing/dwarven-thaumaturgist-wth.md) — Creature — Dwarf Shaman
6. [Mannichi, the Fevered Dream](/printing/mannichi-the-fevered-dream-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Chronicles Foreign Black Border (BCHR) #40
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Susan Van Camp
- **Total Printings:** 4 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`