Wizardcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with Wizardcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not. ...
Other cards have activated abilities that require energy to activate. You keep energy counters until you pay them or something causes you to lose the counters. Proliferate Now that you mention it, there have been quite a few counters in this article already. And there are probably +1/+1 ...
The spell itself won’t count because it’s still on the stack as you make this check. 22/06/15 If Psychic Rebuttal creates a copy of the spell, you control the copy. That copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell...
You can choose when to useactivated abilities. Each activated ability has a cost that you must pay, and an effect that you get. This is indicated in this format: [Cost] : [Effect] It’s common for permanents to have activated abilities. For example, all basic lands have the activated ...
You control spells you cast and permanents that enter the battlefield on your side. You also control abilities that come from permanents you control. Only you can make decisions for things you control. If you control a permanent, only you can activate its activated abilities. Some spells and...
Don’t let the high price of these creatures’ activated abilities scare you away! They’re all well-statted monsters with relevant, sometimes even game-ending static abilities. The flexibility to give them indestructible when you really need to is all upside. ...
2021/2/5 The Kaldheim set doesn't have any cards with mana costs that include , but some previous sets do. If an effect says such a spell costs less to cast, that reduction doesn't apply to any costs. This is also true for activated abilities that include in their activation costs an...
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Only the English version of a Magic card receives Oracle updates and errata.View this card in English.(Scryfall note) Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as equip, are activated abilities and will have colons in the...
Suppression Field’s ability doesn’t affect static abilities, triggered abilities, or mana abilities. (A “mana ability” is an ability that produces mana, not an ability that costs mana.)(2005-10-01) Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” So...