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Magic: The Gathering · Foreign Black Border · Rare

Magical Hack

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Magical Hack
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Rules Text

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Card Facts

Mana value
1
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#22,130
Rarity
Rare

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Old School

Legal

PreDH

Legal

Premodern

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

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

  2. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

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

  3. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

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

  4. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  5. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    You choose the words to change on resolution.

  6. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.

  7. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  8. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  9. Oct 4, 2004 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

Printings

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14 printings
30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition30A
30th Anniversary Edition
30th Anniversary Edition30A
Secret Lair Drop
Secret Lair DropSLD · $1.91
Fifth Edition
Fifth Edition5ED · $3.82
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border4BB · $11.99
Fourth Edition
Fourth Edition4ED · $2.78
Summer Magic / Edgar
Summer Magic / EdgarSUM
Foreign Black Border
Foreign Black BorderFBB
Revised Edition
Revised Edition3ED · $3.65
Collectors' Edition
Collectors' EditionCED · $8.55
Intl. Collectors' Edition
Intl. Collectors' EditionCEI
Unlimited Edition
Unlimited Edition2ED · $24.89
Limited Edition Beta
Limited Edition BetaLEB · $81.24
Limited Edition Alpha
Limited Edition AlphaLEA
Community

Decks using this card

10 public decks run Magical Hack; here are the 8 most recently updated.


MTGDandân

DanDan (Copy)

DA
dav5d2 months ago
400
MTGDandân

Dan

SE
Sealium2 months ago
300