Mana Terminology

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Posted on Sept. 11, 2014, 9:30 p.m. by mymanpotsandpans

What do you call a card that has only colored mana symbols in the casting cost? I just can't put my name on it and my searches came up with nothing. For reference I am talking about cards such as Primalcrux , Khalni Hydra , or Bile Blight . I have found some terms along the lines of Chroma or Full Devotion ect, or just stuff the player base calls it generally. But is there a developer term when RnD is designing cards for this sort of thing?

DrFunk27 says... #2

Black? Mono colored?

September 11, 2014 9:35 p.m.

BorosPlayer says... #3

On gatherer you can sort by "color weight". That is the closest thing I can find.

September 11, 2014 9:41 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

I tend to use the term "saturation" to describe the ratio of colored mana symbols to colorless in a card's mana cost. For example, Primalcrux has a fully saturated cost.

September 11, 2014 9:44 p.m.

greyninja says... #5

So are Vexing Shusher and Deus of Calamity double saturated?

We can call them saturated fatties ! haha

September 11, 2014 10 p.m.

vampirelazarus says... #6

I call it whatever it is.

I.e, if its a sorcery, i call it a sorcery.

September 12, 2014 12:16 a.m.

GlistenerAgent says... #7

There's no generally used term for it. People just say it's "color-intensive" usually.

September 12, 2014 10:53 a.m.