Kasmina's Transmutation
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #6931
Kasmina's Transmutation strips a creature of its text box and power/toughness, leaving behind a vanilla 1/1 — for two mana, that's premium Commander removal against commanders and utility creatures alike. The catch is the target keeps its type line, so it remains on the battlefield; you're neutralizing a threat, not eliminating it, which matters when Grolnok, the Omnivore and other recursive commanders can still be recast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore is a Frog tribal commander, and Kasmina's Transmutation is one of the few pieces of removal that also turns any creature into a Frog — the newly minted 1/1 retains its creature type only if it was already one, but the enchantment opens door for creative Frog synergy lines. Beyond the type-line curiosity, Grolnok decks want cheap enchantments that answer commanders without giving opponents a clean board state.
Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Tatsunari, Toad Rider cares about enchantments entering the battlefield, and Kasmina's Transmutation doubles as a two-mana enchantment spell that deals with a problem creature — it triggers Tatsunari's Frog token production while pulling double duty as interaction. That efficiency is why it shows up in over a quarter of Tatsunari lists.
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort rewards you for casting spells of specific types, and Kasmina's Transmutation as an enchantment spell feeds that engine while handling a creature that would otherwise shut the deck down. It's a role-player that checks multiple boxes in a single card slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kasmina's Transmutation occupies a specific niche: it answers commanders and indestructible creatures that laugh at destroy effects, since reducing something to a 1/1 with no abilities is effectively a permanent silence. Outside of Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Pauper, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them — those formats have faster, cleaner removal that actually sends the threat to the graveyard. Pauper is the one format where it's occasionally considered, since cheap permanent answers to large creatures can matter, but even there it competes with better options. The honest assessment is that Kasmina's Transmutation is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Kasmina's Transmutation is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a one- or two-of addition without any meaningful budget consideration. Bulk enchantment removal rarely spikes unless it becomes a combo piece, so expect the price to stay flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Grolnok, the Omnivore
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider
- Clement, the Worrywort
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.