Profane Transfusion
Profane Transfusion: Sorcery, Commander Legends. Two target players exchange life totals. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 9
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends (CMR)
- Released
- 2020-11-20
- Collector number
- 145
- Artist
- Vincent Proce
- Commander rank
- 7,093 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Profane Transfusion
Profane Transfusion is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black sorcery from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 145 in that set, with art by Vincent Proce. It costs {6}{B}{B}{B} (six generic and three black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 9. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The List (2020) to Commander Legends (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Two target players exchange life totals. You create an X/X colorless Horror artifact creature token, where X is the difference between those players' life totals.
"Those that fall short of perfection can still contribute to the Great Work." -Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.75 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Profane Transfusion by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Profane Transfusion
Profane Transfusion has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CMR-145 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #85968 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #653 | Mythic | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Profane Transfusion, newest first.
- When life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player's life total. For example, if one player has 10 life and the other has 17 life, the first player gains 7 life and the other one loses 7 life. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them.
- If a player can't gain life, that player can't exchange life totals with a player with a higher life total. Similarly, a player who can't lose life can't exchange life totals with a player with a lower life total.
- Use the difference between the life totals after the exchange to determine the size of the Horror token. Because replacement effects can modify the life gain and life loss, this number may be different from what it was before the exchange.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Profane Transfusion is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.