Whim of Volrath
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
TempestTMP · #102
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 6.40 € · 8.18 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. (For example, you may change "nonred creature" to "nongreen creature" or "plainswalk" to "swampwalk.")
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Anthony S. Waters
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-10-14
Rulings
Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.
Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.
It can be used to change a land’s type from one basic land type to another. For example, Forest can be changed to Island so it produces blue mana. It doesn’t change the name of any permanent.
It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.
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.
You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.
You choose the words to change on resolution.