mtg blue transmute cards MASTER TRANSMUTER Conflux Artifact Creature What does transmute 1(u)(b) mean

Decks playing Gaea's Cradle are generally ones playing a ton of creatures, so it'll often generate enough mana to be able to cast your entire hand in just one turn

(However, if it's still in the graveyard at that time, it will count itself, as it is very much a hot card.) If another effect modifies how much damage your hot source would deal, including preventing some of it, the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses an order in which to apply those effects

The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack

And then it gets bigger

Artifacts are fantastic at generating infinite loops like this, so the Excavator is always a useful card to consider as a win condition for such decks

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