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Spells, Abilities, and Effects17 chapters

600General 601Casting Spells 602Activating Activated Abilities 603Handling Triggered Abilities 604Handling Static Abilities 605Mana Abilities 606Loyalty Abilities 607Linked Abilities 608Resolving Spells and Abilities 609Effects 610One-Shot Effects 611Continuous Effects 612Text-Changing Effects 613Interaction of Continuous Effects 614Replacement Effects 615Prevention Effects 616Interaction of Replacement and/or Prevention Effects

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Spells, Abilities, and Effects

17 chapters

605. Mana Abilities

5 chapters

605.1

Some activated abilities and some triggered abilities are mana abilities, which are subject to special rules. Only abilities that meet either of the following two sets of criteria are mana abilities, regardless of what other effects they may generate or what timing restrictions (such as “Activate only as an instant”) they may have.

605.2

A mana ability remains a mana ability even if the game state doesn’t allow it to produce mana.

605.3

Activating an activated mana ability follows the rules for activating any other activated ability (see rule 602.2), with the following exceptions:

605.4

Triggered mana abilities follow all the rules for other triggered abilities (see rule 603, “Handling Triggered Abilities”), with the following exception:

605.5

Abilities that don’t meet the criteria specified in rules 605.1a–b and spells aren’t mana abilities.