Whim of Volrath
Instant
TMPTempest#102rare
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 37–110
- Illustrator
- Anthony S. Waters
- Found in
- Tempest Starter Deck · Tempest Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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(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.")
(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.")Buyback
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Rulings
7 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
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.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
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.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
You choose the words to change on resolution.