First printed in Arabian Nights (1993)

All 5 prints

Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65839, 2016 (digital)
Rinascimento (RIN) #130, 1995
Chronicles Foreign Black Border (BCHR) #66, 1995
Chronicles (CHR) #66, 1995
Arabian Nights (ARN) #51, 1993

Metamorphosis

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.

In the last 30 days 2.3% of Commander decks played it (144 of 6150). Most played in Etali, Primal Conqueror.

Staple

Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#504)
Green, Sorceries, Ramp

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Academy Manufactor + Grinding Station + Metamorphosis + Underworld Breach + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 144 of 6150 decks (2.3%).

Share of decks

2.3%

▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

144

144 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

34%

36 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Etali, Primal Conqueror	1.4%	93%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer	1.0%	88%
Glarb, Calamity's Augur	0.6%	3%
Ashling, the Limitless	0.1%	29%
Dargo, the Shipwrecker + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan	0.1%	86%
Dargo, the Shipwrecker + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa	0.0%	100%
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis	0.0%	100%
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Elvish Spirit Guide	100%	2.6
Mana Vault	100%	1.2
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Lotus Petal	100%	1.1
Birds of Paradise	99%	2.2
Ancient Tomb	99%	1.1
Sol Ring	99%	1.0
Chrome Mox	99%	1.1
Simian Spirit Guide	98%	2.0
Gemstone Caverns	98%	1.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Etali, Primal Conqueror Thomas Hines in Gem State CEDH \| Ad Naus for a Cause!	4-2 67%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Dylan Smith in OBG & Draw Dawgz Presents: Dawg Pile CEDH Tournament	3-2 60%
Etali, Primal Conqueror Bruno Gino-Griffiths in Guardian Games CEDH Monthly PDX	3-2 60%
Dargo, the Shipwrecker + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Hyrum NeVille [JamEDH] in Sonoma Con cEDH $3K	3-2 60%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Daniel Jiang in FOIL Gaea's Cradle cEDH 6k	3-3 50%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Thomas McCoy in Eye of The Tiger (Lion) CEDH Tournament- Win a Lion's Eye Diamond	3-4 43%
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Michael B in Colossal CEDH King Open 7	2-3 40%
Etali, Primal Conqueror Ephraim Svetcov in Commander Invitational Qualifier - The Gathering Place	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Jei, 26 Oct	1 main	#10 1-4
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Tyler Springer, 25 Oct	1 main	#28 0-3
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Michael B, 25 Oct	1 main	#4 2-3
Etali, Primal Conqueror GenericAce, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Etali, Primal Conqueror Tyler McDaniel, 25 Oct	1 main	#2 2-2
Ashling, the Limitless Zachary Hogue, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 1-3
Etali, Primal Conqueror Sean Ackerman, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-3
Etali, Primal Conqueror Teak Turner, 25 Oct	1 main	#24 0-4

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Duel Commander.