Printings
Magical Hack
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Fifth Edition (5ED)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 101
Oracle 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.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 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.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
You choose the words to change on resolution.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.
Source: wotc - October 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.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
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.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.