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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Transmogrify
 |cost = 4
 |set = Adventures
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Reserve
 |illustrator = Marco Morte
 |text = '''+1 Action'''<br/>Put this on your Tavern mat.
 |text2 = At the start of your turn, you may call this, to trash a card from your hand, and gain a card to your hand costing up to {{Cost|1}} more than it.
}}

'''Transmogrify''' is an [[Action]]-[[Reserve]] from [[Adventures]].  It is a [[remodeler]] that allows you to turn any card in your hand into another card, putting the new one into your hand.  It is the only remodeler that stipulates a cost for the gained card of "up to {{Cost|1}} more" than the trashed card.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* When you play this, you get +1 Action and put it on your Tavern mat. It stays on your mat until you call it, at the start of one of your turns. 
* If multiple things can happen at the start of your turn, you can do them in any order. 
* When you call Transmogrify, it moves from the mat into play, and you trash a card from your hand, then gain a card costing up to {{Cost|1}} more than the trashed card. 
* The gained card comes from the Supply and is put into your hand; if you had no cards to trash, you do not gain one. 
* Transmogrify is discarded that turn with your other cards in play. 
* You may trash a card to gain a card costing {{Cost|1}} more, or the same amount, or less; you may trash a card to gain a copy of the same card.

== Strategy ==
There is no strategy article for Transmogrify, but the card has been discussed on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15008.0 forum.]

Transmogrify is a {{Card|Remodel}} variant, that, like most [[Reserve]] cards, trades a decrease in power and speed for an increase in flexibility. Transmogrify is a lot slower than {{Card|Remake}} and cannot gain {{cost|4}} cards by trashing {{Card|Estate}}s, like Remodel. In most cases, you can't trash {{Card|Copper}} with it at all: gaining a card costing up to {{cost|1}} more is mandatory, and Copper can't turn into anything useful, unless you want a ton of {{Card|Poor House}}s for some reason. Because of this, it's not especially exciting early-game, although you might still want to open with one for your [[engine]] if it's the only [[trasher]] on the board.

Although Transmogrify is never a power card, its power does increase in the middle game. Notably, the presence of a Transmogrify or two on your Tavern mat makes it possible for you to over-invest in [[terminal draw]] cards or other [[terminal]]s: if they ever happen to [[collision|collide]], just turn one of them into a nice [[Village]]. This works better if there are good expensive villages to gain, such as {{Card|Bazaar}} or {{Card|Bandit Camp}}. The opposite thing could also happen: perhaps you get a bad draw that would give you a highly annoying [[village idiot]] turn, but you can just turn one of those villages into a good terminal. Transmogrify shines if you can play it often, and there is a nice chain of cards available, with each card {{cost|1}} more expensive than the previous card: {{Card|Smithy}} -> {{Card|Bazaar}} -> {{Card|Grand Market}} -> {{Card|King's Court}}, for example. In this sense, it's distantly comparable to {{Card|Procession}}.

You can also turn {{Card|Curse}}s or [[Ruins]] into Coppers with Transmogrify. This is not the most exciting use of the card, but there are certainly cases where it's the correct move, like with {{Card|Butcher}}.

Unfortunately, Transmogrify is once again not so great once you enter the late game. Although you could cannibalize {{cost|4}} engine parts into {{card|Duchy|Duchies}} with it, doing so is often risky, since you can only Transmogrify something from your starting hand, and you might still need the engine piece for some other reason this turn. Another late game strategy is to have several transmogrifies ready to reduce the supply of the remaining provinces while you are ahead. Call a transmogrify to trash a province and turn it into another one.  

=== Synergies ===
* Cards with on-trash effects: {{Card|Cultist}}, {{Card|Rats}}, {{Card|Catacombs}}, {{Card|Fortress}}, {{Card|Squire}}, {{Card|Hunting Grounds}}, {{Card|Rocks}}, {{Card|Sir Vander}}
* {{Card|Market Square}} for its when-trash
* {{Card|Trader}} allows you to transmogrify curses or copper into copper and replace the gained copper with silver
* Expensive Villages or other good engine components: {{Card|Bazaar}}, {{Card|Grand Market}}, {{Card|King's Court}}
* Good Copper trashing: {{Card|Moneylender}}, {{Card|Spice Merchant}}
* Having one or (preferably) more {{Card|Bridge Troll}}s in play makes it possible to ditch Coppers after all
* Can be used to turn {{Card|Ill-Gotten Gains}} into Gold and spend it in the same turn.
* {{Event|Summon}} allows you to play transmogrify very quickly and have an extra action your next turn

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|TransmogrifyOld|Transmogrify}} || {{CardVersionImage|TransmogrifyDigitalOld|Transmogrify from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+1 Action'''<br>Put this on your Tavern mat.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">At the start of your turn, you may call this, to trash a card from your hand, gain a card costing up to {{Cost|1}} more than it, and put that card into your hand. || Adventures 1st Edition || April 2015
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Transmogrify|Transmogrify}} || {{CardVersionImage|TransmogrifyDigital|Transmogrify from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Action'''<br>Put this on your Tavern mat.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">At the start of your turn, you may call this, to trash a card from your hand, and gain a card to your hand costing up to {{Cost|1}} more than it. || Adventures [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || August 2017
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! style="width:20%;"| Notes
|-
!Dutch 
| Metamorfose (lit. ''metamorphosis'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || '''+1 Actie'''<br>Leg deze kaart op je Herbergtableau.{{Divline}}Je mag deze kaart aan het begin<br>van je beurt oproepen om 1 kaart<br>uit je hand te vernietigen, 1 kaart te<br>pakken die ten hoogste {{Coin|1}} meer<br>kost dan de vernietigde kaart en de<br>gepakte kaart in je hand te nemen. || (2015)
|-
!Finnish 
| Muodonmuutos (lit. ''transformation'') || || || ||
|-
!French 
| Transfiguration (lit. ''transfiguration'') || || || ||
|-
!German 
| Transformation<br>(lit. ''transformation'') ||{{CardVersionImage|TransmogrifyGerman|German language Transmogrify 2015 by ASS}} || || '''+1 Aktion'''<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Zu Beginn deines Zuges darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau aufrufen. Wenn du das tust: Entsorge eine Handkarte und nimm dir eine Karte, die bis zu {{Cost|1}} mehr kostet als die entsorgte Karte. Nimm diese Karte auf die Hand. || (2015)
|-
!German 
| Transformation<br>(lit. ''transformation'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} ||  style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 Aktion'''<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Zu Beginn deines Zuges darfst du diese Karte aufrufen, um eine deiner Handkarten zu entsorgen und eine Karte auf deine Hand zu nehmen, die bis zu {{Cost|1}} mehr als jene kostet. || (Nachdruck 2021)
|-
!Japanese 
| 変容 <br>(pron. ''hen'yō'', lit. ''changed appearance'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 アクション'''<br>これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。 <hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">あなたのターンの開始時に、手札1枚を廃棄しそれよりコストが最大{{Cost|1}}多いカード1枚を手札に獲得するために、これを呼び出してもよい。 ` ||
|-
!Polish
| Przemiana || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of ''[[Empires]]'' rulebook</small>
|-
!Russian 
| Метаморфоза (pron. ''myetamorfoza'', lit. ''metamorphosis'') || || || ||
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:TransmogrifyArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=trans•mog•ri•fy: verb
– transform, especially in a surprising or magical manner.

Today I’m here to tell you about my favorite Dominion card: Transmogrify. It has a strange name, but packs a lot of versatility. Transmogrify is all about giving you what you need right now. Does your starting hand have three terminal Actions? Poof! Now one of them is a Village. Have your {{Card|Magpie|Magpies}} been multiplying out of control? Abracadabra! One of them just became a {{Card|Lost City}}. Have all the {{Card|Curse|Curses}} run out? Shazam! That {{Card|Witch}} in your hand just turned to {{Card|Gold}}. The possibilities are endless!

It’s a terrific card for combos. Instead of buying {{Card|Tournament|Tournaments}}, you can simply keep your Transmogrify on your Tavern mat until your {{Card|Province}} shows up and then gain that Tournament right into your hand. It’s especially powerful with cards that have on-trash abilities. You can transmogrify a {{Card|Cultist}} into another Cultist just to draw 3 cards. And when you Transmogrify a {{Card|Fortress}}, you keep the Fortress in your hand and gain a {{Card|Wharf}} into your hand on top of that. Instant [[engine]]!
|Name=LastFootnote
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12871 Adventures Preview: Transmogrify]
}}

=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=I tried a Reserve {{Card|Remodel}}, that Remodel'd a card just as you were gaining it. It had a certain something but didn't seem like the ideal approach. I changed it into a start-of-turn Remodel to hand for {{Cost|6}}, then dropped it to a smaller +{{Cost|1}} Remodel, but gave it +1 Action and made it cheaper.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=13082.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Adventures]
}}
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