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Alter Reality

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one generic manaone blue mana

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Alter Reality

Torment #22 · Illustrated by Justin Sweet

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Foil · Torment #22

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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 one generic manaone blue mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

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Card details

First printed
2002
Printings
1
Mana value
2
EDHREC rank
#15,538 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Flashback
Artist
Justin Sweet

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Torment card (#22).

22

  • 22Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.

Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.

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Rulings (13)

  1. 2004-10-04

    Changing the text of a spell will not allow you to change the targets of the spell because the targets were chosen when the spell was cast. The text change will (probably) cause it to be countered since the targets will be illegal.

  2. 2004-10-04

    It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.

  3. 2004-10-04

    Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.

  4. 2004-10-04

    If you change the text of a spell which is to become a permanent, the permanent will retain the text change until the effect wears off.

  5. 2004-10-04

    You choose the words to change on resolution.

  6. 2004-10-04

    It only changes what is printed on the card (or set on a token when it was created or set by a copy effect). It will not change any effects that are on the permanent.

  7. 2004-10-04

    Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.

  8. 2021-03-19

    You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

  9. 2021-03-19

    “Flashback [cost]” means “You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”

  10. 2021-03-19

    If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it’s legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

  11. 2021-03-19

    A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

  12. 2021-03-19

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you’re paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  13. 2021-03-19

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card’s type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

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