diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SetStateEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SetStateEffect.java
index 831373c44de..3bab0936ae1 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SetStateEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SetStateEffect.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package forge.game.ability.effects;
 import forge.game.Game;
 import forge.game.ability.SpellAbilityEffect;
 import forge.game.card.Card;
+import forge.game.zone.ZoneType;
 import forge.game.event.GameEventCardStatsChanged;
 import forge.game.spellability.SpellAbility;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ public class SetStateEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // Cards which are not on the battlefield should not be able to transform.
+            if (!tgt.isInZone(ZoneType.Battlefield)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if ("Transform".equals(sa.getParam("Mode")) && tgt.equals(host)) {
                 // If want to Transform, and host is trying to transform self, skip if not in alignment
                 boolean skip = tgt.getTransformedTimestamp() != Long.parseLong(sa.getSVar("StoredTransform"));