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About Face

Mana cost{R} Mana value1TypeInstant Color identity{R} Red RarityCommon SetUrza's Legacy (ULG) ArtistMelissa A. Benson Price€0.21 · foil €5.41 · $0.17

About Face {R}

Instant
Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

The overconfident are the most vulnerable.

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2021-03-19
Effects that switch a creature's power and toughness apply after all other effects, regardless of when those effects began to apply. For instance, if you target a 1/2 creature then give it +2/+0 later in the turn, it's a 2/3 creature, not a 4/1 creature.

2021-03-19
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if you switch its power and toughness during that turn.

2021-03-19
Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches.

2005-11-01
Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed.