<p>Yes, the artifact was returned to your hand. The fact it then ceased to exist doesn't matter, you still returned it to your hand.</p>

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2017-10-01T17:22:50.690Z
2017-10-01T17:22:50.690Z
diego
<p>The card <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220510" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Master Transmuter</a> reads:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>{U}, {T}, Return an artifact you control to its owner’s hand: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Can Master Transmuter return a token artifact to your hand (which causes it to cease to exist) and then put an artifact card from hand to the battlefield (like <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=417795" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Metalwork Colossus</a>)</p>

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2017-10-01T19:14:29.470Z
Technically, whatever object you return to your hand ceases to exist, token or not.[CR 400.7]  (The fact that the new object in your hand also ceases to exist in the case of a token is irrelevant.)
ikegami
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2017-10-01T19:17:38.020Z
And so does the mana you payed to cover the {U} cost.
ikegami
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Master Transmuter + token artifacts
Apostol Apostolov
# Master Transmuter + token artifacts

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-01)

The card [Master Transmuter](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220510) reads:

> {U}, {T}, Return an artifact you control to its owner’s hand: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Can Master Transmuter return a token artifact to your hand (which causes it to cease to exist) and then put an artifact card from hand to the battlefield (like [Metalwork Colossus](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=417795))

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Technically, whatever object you return to your hand ceases to exist, token or not.[CR 400.7]  (The fact that the new object in your hand also ceases to exist in the case of a token is irrelevant.)  
> **username_1**: And so does the mana you payed to cover the {U} cost.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-01. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Yes, the artifact was returned to your hand. The fact it then ceased to exist doesn't matter, you still returned it to your hand.


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