Can I transmute a spell at instant speed?
Asked by Dugorithon 11 years ago
Say I have Clutch of the Undercity in my hand, with two Islands and two Swamps untapped. It's the opponent's turn and I have priority.
Do I have the choice of hardcasting this spell to bounce a threat, or paying the transmute cost, both at instant speed? The MtG wiki doesn't mention if Transmute can be activated as an instant.
nitpick to the 'accepted answer' -- "only any time you may cast a sorcery" is not correct. If you had flash on your sorcery, like Quicken or Leyline of Anticipation , you still couldn't transmute at instant speed.
Should say something like "you may activate a transmute ability only at sorcery speed."
November 19, 2013 2 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
@KevinLS: Actually, "only any time you may cast a sorcery" is correct because that phrase has a specific rules meaning. That phrase always means exactly the following: "on your main phase while the stack is empty and you have priority." Effects that change when you could cast a sorcery spell don't change the meaning of that phrase.
Technically speaking, there's no such thing as "sorcery speed."
November 19, 2013 2:03 a.m.
metalevolence says... #4
When I read this question I hit my head on my desk hard enough to concuss myself
November 19, 2013 3:28 a.m.
Uh, OK, perhaps I shouldn't use strong language and say you're not correct, you were. But maybe you also should think about who you're trying to explain something to, Epochalyptik. I don't think most of the people asking questions about the rules would know that there is a specific rules meaning to your phrase that is different to the phrase itself. I know there's no 'sorcery speed', but I'm trying to clarify that you can't flash Transmute, because I know a lot of people try to take that step.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
The reminder text for transmute, which actually appears on Clutch of the Undercity , explicitly says that you may activate a transmute ability only any time you may cast a sorcery.
November 18, 2013 10:14 p.m.