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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Sudden Substitution

2UU · Instant

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Exchange control of target noncreature spell and target creature. Then the spell's controller may choose new targets for it.

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