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==Description== ===Transforming double-faced cards=== Transforming double-faced cards (TDFCs<ref name="Challenge 2">{{DailyRef|making-magic/zendikar-rising-challenge-part-2-2020-09-07|''Zendikar Rising'' to the Challenge, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 7, 2020}}</ref>) represented a radical change for the [[card back]].<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/every-two-sides-has-story-2011-08-29|Every Two Sides Has a Story|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|two-sides-2011-09-21|The Two Sides|[[Monty Ashley]]|September 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/twenty-things-were-going-kill-magic-2013-08-01|Twenty Things That Were Going To Kill Magic|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/double-faced-card-rules-2011-08-29|Double-Faced Card Rules|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 28, 2011}}</ref> Until their release, no legal card could have a different print on the back than the regular ''Magic'' card back. Double-faced is a referable [[property]] for a [[card]]: <c>Overgrown Pest</c> and <c>Invasion of Pyrulea</c> look for double-faced cards while in the library. Multiple cards in ''[[March of the Machine]]'' also refer to being transformed, making it a quasi-typal synergy. Thematically, these double-faced cards represent something that undergoes a major ''transformation'', hence the keyword action. This is expressed in different ways, depending on the setting. ====Innistrad==== [[File:Daybreak Ranger.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Double-faced cards as they first appeared in ''[[Innistrad]]''.]] In ''Innistrad'' sets, many are [[werewolves]], fledgling [[vampire]]s, or other creatures undergoing horrifying transformations. The majority of these cards are creatures that transform into other creatures, although there are a significant number of exceptions: {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Rares & Mythics ! Front Face !! Card Type(s) !! Back Face !! Card Type(s) !! Set |- | {{card|Arlinn Kord||SOI}} || Planeswalker | {{card|Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon||SOI}} || Planeswalker |data-sort-value=3.1| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Arlinn, the Pack's Hope||MID}} || Planeswalker | {{card|Arlinn, the Moon's Fury||MID}} || Planeswalker |data-sort-value=5.1| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Elbrus, the Binding Blade||DKA}} || Artifact | {{card|Withengar Unbound||DKA}} || Creature |data-sort-value=2.1| {{keyrune|DKA|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Garruk Relentless||ISD}} || Planeswalker | {{card|Garruk, the Veil-Cursed||ISD}} || Planeswalker |data-sort-value=1.1| {{keyrune|ISD|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Hostile Hostel||MID}} || Land | {{card|Creeping Inn||MID}} || Artifact Creature |data-sort-value=5.1| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=M}} |- | {{Card|Jacob Hauken, Inspector}} || Creature | {{Card|Hauken's Insight}} || Enchantment |data-sort-value=6.1|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Poppet Stitcher||MID}} || Creature | {{card|Poppet Factory||MID}} || Artifact |data-sort-value=5.1| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Startled Awake||SOI}} || Sorcery | {{card|Persistent Nightmare||SOI}} || Creature |data-sort-value=3.1| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=M}} |- | {{card|Curse of Leeches||MID}} || Enchantment (Aura Curse) | {{card|Leeching Lurker||MID}} || Creature |data-sort-value=5.2| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=R}} |- | {{Card|Edgar, Charmed Groom}} || Creature | {{Card|Edgar Markov's Coffin}} || Artifact |data-sort-value=6.2|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=R}} |- | {{Card|Wedding Announcement}} || Enchantment | {{Card|Wedding Festivity}} || Enchantment |data-sort-value=6.2|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=R}} |- | {{card|Westvale Abbey||SOI}} || Land | {{card|Ormendahl, Profane Prince||SOI}} || Creature |data-sort-value=3.2| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=R}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Uncommons ! Front Face !! Card Type(s) !! Back Face !! Card Type(s) !! Set |- | {{card|Accursed Witch||SOI}} || Creature | {{card|Infectious Curse||SOI}} || Enchantment (Aura Curse) |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Autumnal Gloom||SOI}} || Enchantment | {{card|Ancient of the Equinox||SOI}} || Creature |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Chalice of Life||DKA}} || Artifact | {{card|Chalice of Death||DKA}} || Artifact |data-sort-value=2.3| {{keyrune|DKA|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Cryptolith Fragment||EMN}} || Artifact | {{card|Aurora of Emrakul||EMN}} || Creature |data-sort-value=4.3| {{keyrune|EMN|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Dormant Grove}} || Enchantment | {{Card|Gnarled Grovestrider}} || Creature |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Foreboding Statue}} || Artifact Creature | {{Card|Forsaken Thresher}} || Artifact Creature |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Harvest Hand||SOI}} || Artifact Creature | {{card|Scrounged Scythe||SOI}} || Artifact (Equipment) |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Heirloom Mirror||MID}} || Artifact | {{card|Inherited Fiend||MID}} || Creature |data-sort-value=5.3| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Mysterious Tome||MID}} || Artifact | {{card|Chilling Chronicle||MID}} || Artifact |data-sort-value=5.3| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Mystic Skull||MID}} || Artifact | {{card|Mystic Monstrosity||MID}} || Artifact Creature |data-sort-value=5.3| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Neglected Heirloom||SOI}} || Artifact (Equipment) | {{card|Ashmouth Blade||SOI}} || Artifact (Equipment) |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Radiant Grace}} || Enchantment (Aura) | {{Card|Radiant Restraints}} || Enchantment (Aura Curse) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Skin Invasion||SOI}} || Enchantment (Aura) | {{card|Skin Shedder||SOI}} || Creature |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Soul Seizer||DKA}} || Creature | {{card|Ghastly Haunting||DKA}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=2.3| {{keyrune|DKA|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Soulcipher Board}} || Artifact | {{Card|Cipherbound Spirit}} || Creature |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Thraben Gargoyle||SOI}} || Artifact Creature | {{card|Stonewing Antagonizer||SOI}} || Artifact Creature |data-sort-value=3.3| {{keyrune|SOI|rarity=U}} |- | {{card|Vengeful Strangler||MID}} || Creature | {{card|Strangling Grasp||MID}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=5.3| {{keyrune|MID|rarity=U}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Disturb Auras ! Front Face !! Card Type(s) !! Back Face !! Card Type(s) !! Set |- | {{Card|Faithbound Judge}} || Creature | {{Card|Sinner's Judgment}} || Enchantment (Aura Curse) |data-sort-value=6.1|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=M}} |- | {{Card|Dorothea, Vengeful Victim}} || Creature | {{Card|Dorothea's Retribution}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.2|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=R}} |- | {{Card|Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr}} || Creature | {{Card|Katilda's Rising Dawn}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.2|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=R}} |- | {{Card|Mirrorhall Mimic}} || Creature | {{Card|Ghastly Mimicry}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.2|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=R}} |- | {{Card|Brine Comber}} || Creature | {{Card|Brinebound Gift}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Distracting Geist}} || Creature | {{Card|Clever Distraction}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Gutter Skulker}} || Creature | {{Card|Gutter Shortcut}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Mischievous Catgeist}} || Creature | {{Card|Catlike Curiosity}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Twinblade Geist}} || Creature | {{Card|Twinblade Invocation}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.3|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=U}} |- | {{Card|Binding Geist}} || Creature | {{Card|Spectral Binding}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.4|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=C}} |- | {{Card|Drogskol Infantry}} || Creature | {{Card|Drogskol Armaments}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.4|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=C}} |- | {{Card|Kindly Ancestor}} || Creature | {{Card|Ancestor's Embrace}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.4|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=C}} |- | {{Card|Lantern Bearer}} || Creature | {{Card|Lantern's Lift}} || Enchantment (Aura) |data-sort-value=6.4|{{Keyrune|VOW|rarity=C}} |} <!--Data sort values key: 1=ISD, 2=DKA, 3=SOI, 4=EMN, 5=MID, 6=VOW; .1=Mythic, .2=Rare, .3=Uncommon, .4=Common--> ====Igniting Planeswalkers==== In ''[[Magic Origins]]'', ''[[Core Set 2019]]'' and ''[[Modern Horizons 3]]'', there are cards representing planeswalkers whose spark is igniting, represented by creatures that transform into planeswalkers. ''Magic Origins'' features a cycle of mono-color planeswalkers, while ''Core Set 2019'' features a single planeswalker; <c>Nicol Bolas, the Ravager</c>, that is tricolored into tricolored. ====Ixalan==== In [[Ixalan block|''Ixalan'' sets]], they represent the journey into uncharted territory and the discovery of new locales. Enchantments and artifacts represent a tool or event along the journey and transform into a land that represents the destination. ''Ixalan'' features a cycle of mono-color enchantments and five artifacts, while ''Rivals of Ixalan'' features a cycle of enemy-color enchantments, an artifact, and an artifact creature. ====Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty==== ''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]'' used the storytelling aspect of Sagas and linked them to many Kamis' spiritual embodiments of history and concepts. The enchantment front side tells the tale as recorded on various forms of artwork, while the backside is an enchantment creature, the Kami that is borne from that legend's influence on the world. Each have identical third and final chapter abilities, where they exile and return themselves transformed.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/kamigawa-neon-dynasty-mechanics-2022-01-27|''Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty'' Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/kamigawa-neon-dynasty-release-notes-2022-02-09|''Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty'' Release Notes|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 9, 2022}}</ref> ====March of the Machine==== ''[[March of the Machine]]'' introduced a new card type, [[Battle]], to represent a new gameplay dynamic. A Battle gives a player a secondary target to achieve in [[defeat]]ing by dealing sufficient damage, and an opponent has the opportunity to defend them. All the [[Siege]]s in ''March of the Machine'' are double-faced cards with the front uniquely designed as a horizontal landscape showing the Invasion of a certain plane (all Sieges follow the naming convention of "Invasion of X"). Defeating a siege causes the card to be exiled and the back face is cast as a payoff. ====The Lost Caverns of Ixalan==== The new mechanic of [[Craft]] transforms artifacts into various other permanents. Each exile themselves and a crafting "ingredient" (another card or cards) and return transformed. Of the "landmark" transformers, there are a cycle of "Deepest" [[God]]s that transforms into a land whose non-mana ability is transforming back. The [[Jurassic World]] cards include a Saga that transforms into a land. ===Modal double-faced cards=== [[File:DFC Modal.png|thumb|right|300px|Modal double-faced card: either face can be played from the hand.]] Modal double-faced cards (MDFCs<ref name="Challenge 2"/>) were introduced in ''[[Zendikar Rising]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-release-notes-2020-09-10|''Zendikar Rising'' Release Notes|[[Eli Shiffrin]]|September 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="More Rising">{{DailyRef|making-magic/more-zendikar-rising-stars-2020-09-21|More ''Zendikar Rising'' Stars|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/odds-ends-zendikar-rising-2020-10-05|Odds & Ends: ''Zendikar Rising''|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 5, 2020}}</ref> Like previously released double-faced cards, modal double-faced cards have two card faces, one on each side of the card. But these cards don't [[transform]].<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-mechanics-2020-09-01|Zendikar Rising Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|September 1, 2020}}</ref> When you play a modal double-faced card, you choose which face you're playing. The front side of the card has a single triangle {{dfc|front}} in the upper left-hand corner. The backside has two triangles {{dfc|back}} and a different [[card frame]] with white font. Modal double-faced cards fit in the same design space as [[split card]]s, but the latter can only be instants and sorceries. This means MDFCs tend to have at least one side be permanent. Technically, there could be an MDFC with two instants and/or sorceries with text that couldn’t fit on a split card.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/628251093200224256/going-forward-when-making-cards-and-deciding|title=Going forward, when making cards and deciding split/double-sided cards?|September 3, 2020}}</ref> Similarly to transform cards, the modal faces of these cards vary depending on the setting. *The MDFCs of ''Zendikar Rising'' all feature [[land]]s on their back face. **Notably, six of them are [[Pathway land]]s, which are lands on both sides that tap for different colors of mana. **There is also a cycle of mythic cards with lands that enter untapped if their controller pays 3 life. *The primary MDFCs of ''[[Kaldheim]]'' all feature legendary [[God]] creatures on their front face, and a legendary non-land permanent on the back face. **While most of the back faces are artifacts, three of the Mythics have other permanent types on the back: ***[[Alrund]]'s back face is [[Hakka]], a blue [[bird]] creature. ***[[Esika]]'s back face is a five-color [[enchantment]]. ***[[Valki]]'s back face is a black and red [[Tibalt]] [[planeswalker]]. **''Kaldheim'' additionally features the remaining four lands of the Pathway cycle that weren't printed in ''Zendikar Rising''. *The MDFCs of ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' all feature [[enemy color]] combinations, except for one that is colorless. **Notably, only one of these has two colors on the front face {{nowrap|({{W}}{{B}})}}, while its back face is allied colored {{nowrap|({{B}}{{R}})}}. *''[[Transformers]]'' has a mechanic that merges both transforming and modal DFCs using [[More Than Meets the Eye]]. ===Helper cards=== [[File:Helper card.png|right|thumb|150px|A [[substitute card]] for modal DFCs.]] {{main|Helper card}} ''Zendikar Rising'' introduced "[[helper card]]s", a [[substitute card]] for an actual double-faced card when playing without opaque [[sleeve]]s in order to prevent cheating. Double-faced cards must be kept in a card sleeve with an opaque back when not using a substitute card. These cards have a standard ''Magic'' card back and a write-in area on the front face that can be used to indicate which card is being represented.
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