There are many ways for the characteristics of a permanent in play to have its characteristics changed. Double-faced cards are just a new way of changing more than one of these characteristics at one time, and in a somewhat dramatic way. While on the battlefield, these cards have the chance to turn over completely and […]
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Transform (double-faced cards) is different from Morph.
Flipping cards over is not a new thing in Magic–the morph mechanic has been around since the Onslaught block. However, turning a card face-down is very different from transforming a double-faced card. These two effects are very different and do not interact at all (in fact, it’s impossible to ever turn a double-faced card face-down). […]
What Transform means and how it works.
Transform is a keyword action that appears on the all of the double-faced cards and . Transform is not a keyword ability, as the word itself does not signify the entire ability; rather, it is a keyword action like cast, exchange and exile. When a creature transforms, it turns over. Its base characteristics are those […]