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Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force

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Multicolor. Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

three generic manaone red manaone white manaone black mana

12 · M · ENWhat the codes mean

Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force

Transformers #12 · Illustrated by Volta Creation

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Non-foil · Transformers #12

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Borderless foil · Transformers #26

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Oracle text

Megatron, Tyrant

three generic manaone red manaone white manaone black mana

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

More Than Meets the Eye one generic manaone red manaone white manaone black mana (You may cast this card converted for one generic manaone red manaone white manaone black mana.)

Your opponents can't cast spells during combat.

At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, you may convert Megatron. If you do, add one colorless mana for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

7/5

Megatron, Destructive Force

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)

Whenever Megatron attacks, you may sacrifice another artifact. When you do, Megatron deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to target creature. If excess damage would be dealt to that creature this way, instead that damage is dealt to that creature's controller and you convert Megatron.

4/5

All 2 printings of Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Transformers #26
Transformers
bot #26· 2022Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €12.59 · €145.94 foil
mythic$22.65$366.05€12.59€145.94 foil

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Card details

First printed
2022
Printings
2
Mana value
6
EDHREC rank
#11,752 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Living metal, Convert, More Than Meets the Eye
Artist
Volta Creation

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Transformers card (#12).

12 · M · EN

  • 12Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
  • MMythic rare
  • ENPrinted in English

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Card breakdown

The parts of Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force (2 faces), read from the Transformers printing. How to read any Magic card.

Megatron, Tyrant

Mana cost
three generic manaone red manaone white manaone black manaWhat you pay to cast this face.
Type line
Legendary is a supertype. Artifact and Creature are the card types. Robot is the subtype, after the dash.
Text box
What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
Power / toughness
7/5: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.

Megatron, Destructive Force

Type line
Legendary is a supertype. Artifact is the card type. Vehicle is the subtype, after the dash.
Text box
What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
Power / toughness
4/5: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.

This printing

Illustration
By Volta Creation. The art has no effect on the game.
Set symbol
Transformers. Red-orange means mythic rare.
Collector number
12 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
Rarity letter
M = mythic rare
Language
EN = printed in English
Artist
Volta Creation, after the paintbrush.
Copyright
Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Holo stamp
The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.

Keywords

More Than Meets the EyeCR 702.162
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
ConvertCR 701.28
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Living metalCR 702.161
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.

Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.

Rulings (18)

  1. 2022-10-14

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

  2. 2022-10-14

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

  3. 2022-10-14

    Determining what excess damage would be dealt to a creature is similar to how combat damage from a creature with trample is handled. Start with the amount of damage being dealt to the creature and determine what is "lethal." This is usually the creature's toughness minus the amount of damage that it already has marked on it, but ignoring any replacement or prevention effects that will modify this damage. Also ignore whether the creature has an ability such as indestructible that will result in it not being destroyed by this damage.

  4. 2022-10-14

    If Megatron has deathtouch as the reflexive triggered ability resolves, 1 damage is lethal damage, and any amount beyond that is excess damage.

  5. 2022-10-14

    "More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.

  6. 2022-10-14

    Once you've determined that there would be excess damage and how much damage is excess, Megatron simultaneously deals damage to the creature and to that creature's controller, then converts. The damage may be modified by replacement or prevention effects.

  7. 2022-10-14

    If a static ability of another permanent applies only to noncreature permanents, that ability applies to a Vehicle with living metal only during your opponents' turns. For example, if you control Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe and March of the Machines, Arcee will be a 2/2 artifact creature during your turn and a 3/3 artifact creature (because its mana value is 3) during each opponent's turn.

  8. 2022-10-14

    When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.

  9. 2022-10-14

    The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.

  10. 2022-10-14

    Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.

  11. 2022-10-14

    Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.

  12. 2022-10-14

    While it's a creature, the Vehicle has its printed power and toughness.

  13. 2022-10-14

    Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."

  14. 2022-10-14

    "Living metal" means "As long as it's your turn, this permanent is an artifact creature in addition to its other types."

  15. 2022-10-14

    If the target creature is an illegal target by the time the reflexive triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. It won't deal damage to any player.

  16. 2022-10-14

    The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.

  17. 2022-10-14

    The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.

  18. 2022-10-14

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

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