Transmute Artifact Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 1994
Transmute Artifact has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 1994 and most recently in 2017. Right now the cheapest printing is Antiquities #14 at $420.25. The median across 1 priced printing is $420.25. Reprint risk: RESERVED LIST (ZERO RISK) — On the Reserved List -- Wizards has committed to never reprint these cards.
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Every Transmute Artifact Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiquities #14 (U) Cheapest | 1994 | $420.25 | — |
| Magic Online Promos #65644 (R) Foil | 2017 | — | — |
| Masters Edition IV #69 (R) | 2011 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
, where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
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If the chosen artifact costs less than or the same as the sacrificed artifact, you simply put it onto the battlefield without paying any additional costs.
You can't sacrifice more than one artifact to this spell.
The one from the library enters when the spell is resolved, and this does not count as the casting of an artifact.
Additional mana spent to cover the differences in mana costs is not part of the mana cost of this spell. It is spent during spell resolution.
The sacrifice of an artifact is an effect of the spell, not a cost, which means it happens as the spell resolves. If Transmute Artifact is countered, you do not have to sacrifice an artifact.