Role Reversal
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
War of the SparkWAR · #214
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.28 € · ★ 0.56 € · 0.33 $ · ★ 0.47 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
Exchange control of two target permanents that share a permanent type.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Mathias Kollros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-05-03
Flavour text
Uthlon the Wise scandalized sphinx society, hooting the answers to riddles as he rampaged through Tin Street. Grangle, on the other hand, sat for hours, deep in thought, largely ignored by fellow goblins.
Rulings
Gaining control of a permanent doesn’t cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it.
If one of the target permanents is an illegal target when Role Reversal resolves, the exchange won’t happen.
If the same player controls both permanents when Role Reversal resolves, nothing happens.
Role Reversal’s effect lasts indefinitely. It doesn’t wear off during the cleanup step, and it doesn’t expire if the permanents stop sharing a permanent type after Role Reversal has resolved.
The permanent types are artifact, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker. Supertypes, like legendary, aren’t permanent types. For example, you can’t exchange control of a legendary creature with a legendary planeswalker.
You don’t have to control either target permanent.
