What is C in MTG?

107.4c The colorless mana symbol {C} is used to represent one colorless mana, and also to represent a cost that can be paid only with one colorless mana.

What counts as a colorless spell?

Colorless has two meanings. , a mana type that has no color. Any card or ability that has no color.

What is generic vs colorless mana?

Generic mana means, quite literally, any mana, from any source. Colorless mana, however is not any color, and cannot be any color.

What is generic mana cost?

A generic mana cost is a mana cost that can be paid with mana of any type; meaning mana of any color, as well as colorless mana. represents a generic cost as well.

Does colorless count as a color?

“Colorless” isn't a color; neither are “artifact,” “land,” “brown,” “gold,” and so on. See rule 203.2. An object's color is determined by the color(s) of the mana symbols in its mana cost.

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Can I choose colorless as a color MTG?

Colorless is not a color. See rule 105, “Colors,” and rule 202, “Mana Cost and Color.”

Can colorless mana be paid with any color?

Introducing the colorless mana symbol. To cast Spatial Contortion, you pay two mana: one generic (that's the {1}) and one colorless (that's the {C}). The generic mana cost can be paid with any type of mana—that means any color or colorless.

Do copies have mana value?

If a permanent is a copy of a melded permanent (even if that copy is represented by two other meld cards), the mana value of the copy is 0.

Do tokens count as 0 mana cost?

Generally, tokens have a converted mana cost of 0 because they do not have a mana cost. This makes cards like Displacement Wave and Steel Hellkite (a Commander favorite) incredibly effective against tokens.

What does 5 or more mana values mean?

"Five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard" means there are at least five different mana values among those cards. The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.

What is the strongest color in standard MTG?

Blue is defined by knowledge and intellectualism, and it has the signature ability to draw and manipulate cards. This is among the most powerful things you can do in competitive Magic and has made blue historically the strongest color (which becomes more apparent in formats where cards from the 1990's are legal).

What is the cheapest mtg color?

Red. There just aren't too many expensive cards in red. It is probably the weakest in terms of strength, from the view of eternal formats, and its very best cards tend to be inexpensive.

Does unspent mana become colorless?

As long as Horizon Stone remains under your control, you'll retain unspent mana as steps and phases end, although that mana will become colorless. This means you can add mana and spend it during a future step, phase, or turn.

Can add one mana of any color add colorless?

You can pick White, Blue, Black, Red, or Green, and you must name a color when you add 'one mana of any color' to your mana pool. You cannot add a 'mana of not-yet-chosen color', and have it function as whatever color you want later on, nor can you pick colorless.

Can you tap a land for colorless?

No it does not. Colorless is not a color. As the rules text reads: “Lands you control have '{TAP}: Add one mana of any color.

Can basic lands be used as colorless mana?

Unless an effect specifically gives a land a color, lands are colorless. This is true regardless of what colors of mana a land can generate and even if a land has an additional ability that affects creatures or a specific color or if it generates an effect that just 'seems' like it should be a certain color.

Can you overload a card without paying its mana cost?

Overload is an alternate cost. You can only use one alternate cost at a time. That means you can't Overload and cast without paying the mana cost. In most cases (such as Cascade), whatever's letting you cast it for free won't give you the option to cast it any other way, so you just can't use Overload.

What does CMC mean in magic?

All Magic: The Gathering cards have a converted mana cost, also known as CMC.

Do tokens go to the graveyard?

A: Tokens go to the graveyard as regular creatures, and are removed as a "state-based effect" when a player gets priority again. They stay in the graveyard long enough to trigger abilities, like the one of Soulcatchers' Aerie , before they are removed.

Do flipped cards have a mana value?

709.1c A flip card's color and mana cost don't change if the permanent is flipped. Also, any changes to it by external effects will still apply.

Can you copy a legendary creature?

Yes, you can copy a legendary creature. But copies of permanents are also subject to the legend rule. If you copy your opponent's creature, everything's fine. If you copy your own, you'll be forced to send all but one of them to the graveyard.

Can you copy a Planeswalker?

You may copy a planeswalker's ability. Doing so won't affect the planeswalker's loyalty because raising or lowering its loyalty is part of the cost of the ability, not part of its effect.

Does doubling cube work on colorless mana?

Doubling Cube's ability is a mana ability. The “type” of mana is its color, or lack thereof (if the mana is colorless). that can be used for anything.

Can vigilance block flying?

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) As long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn, Gnarled Sage gets +0/+2 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior creature token with vigilance.