updates | June 26, 2026

Can colorless mana be used for anything?

This mana could only be used to pay for costs that don’t require color (for example artifacts). ), meaning that a player can use that number of any mana (colored or colorless) to pay for it. Though one can use colorless mana to pay for generic mana costs, they are not the same thing.

What are the different types of mana?

106.1b There are six types of mana: white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.

Are split mana cards multicolor?

If you answered “yes” to two or more of the above questions, the card is multicolored. If you answered “yes” to none of the above questions, the card is colorless. Obscure exception: a non-gold split card like Fire//Ice is both red and blue, but isn’t multicoloured because neither half is multicoloured on its own.

Does split Mana count for devotion?

Yes, it counts for devotion to either colour (but not both).

How do split mana costs work?

Each one represents a cost that can be paid in one of two ways, as represented by the two halves of the symbol. A hybrid symbol such as {W/U} can be paid with either white or blue mana, and a monocolored hybrid symbol such as {2/B} can be paid with either one black mana or two mana of any type.

What’s the Order of the mana symbols in magic?

“Our current (and final!) system for ordering mana symbols is pretty simple. If you look at the back of a Magic card, you’ll see the pentagon of colors. Going clockwise, the colors are white, blue, black, red, green, white, blue, black . . . .

When did the new Mana symbol come out?

The new mana symbol was introduced in Ice Age, except for Fylgja and Prismatic Ward, which used the old symbol. That’s weird, right? Especially because the Gatherer image for those cards shows the new symbol. Kelly Digges explained this situation back in 2007, and it’s worth reprinting in full here:

What’s the mana cost on an ice age card?

The printed card has a mana cost of {W}, and the mana symbol on the card is the “old” white mana symbol even though all the other cards in the Ice Age set feature the “modern” white mana symbol.

Where can I find vector graphics of the mana symbols?

I’m looking for vector graphics of each of the mana symbols (normal, hybrid, phyrexian, 2-or-color). Where can I find them? Slightly Magic has most of them.