Metamorphic Blast

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rulings

• 2024-04-12If a spell with spree is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose new modes.
• 2024-04-12The effect of Metamorphic Blast’s first mode will overwrite any previous effects that set the creature’s power and toughness to specific values. Effects that otherwise modify the target creature’s power and toughness will still apply no matter when they took effect. The same is true for +1/+1 counters.
• 2024-04-12You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.
• 2024-04-12You choose the modes as you cast the spell with spree. Once modes are chosen, they can’t be changed.
• 2024-04-12The mana value of a spell with spree is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn’t matter which modes you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
• 2024-04-12If a mode requires a target, you can select that mode only if there’s a legal target available. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes you don’t choose.
• 2024-04-12No player can cast spells or activate abilities in between the modes of a resolving spell. Any abilities that trigger won’t be put onto the stack until the spell is done resolving.
• 2024-04-12No matter which modes you choose, you always follow the instructions in the order they are written.
• 2024-04-12Each additional cost and associated mode in the text box is also preceded with a + indicator. These symbols also have no rules meaning and serve only to remind players that the listed costs are additional costs.
• 2024-04-12The effect of Metamorphic Blast’s first mode causes the target creature to lose its other colors and creature types. It doesn’t lose any of its abilities.
• 2024-04-12You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
• 2024-04-12If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before a spell with spree resolves, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
• 2024-04-12Spells with spree have a + (plus sign) indicator in the upper right corner of the card frame. This has no rules meaning and serves only to remind players that at least one additional cost is required to cast the spell.
• 2024-04-12If an effect allows you to cast a spell with spree “without paying its mana cost,” you must still choose at least one mode and pay the associated additional costs.