contamination vs zendikar resurgent
Asked by flubberjack29 5 years ago
so contamination reads "if a land is tapped for mana it produces B instead of any other type and amount" and zendikar resurgent reads "whenever you tap a land for mana add one mana of any type that it produced" so my basic understanding is that contamination is a replacement effect and since the land never produces anything but black mana zendikar should only give an additional black however i have a player claiming they can still produce other colors with zendikar resurgent since the land was initially tapped for a different color before contamination turned it into B
Gatherer rulings from Contamination, if it helps:
External effects that generate more mana still generate their additional mana as directed without being affected by this card. Effects which generate more mana based on what type of mana the land produces will be affected in color but not in amount. (2004-10-04)
This clarifies that while Zendikar Resurgent will still get them the extra mana, that mana's color will be changed to black.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
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Contamination
Zendikar Resurgent
You are correct. Contamination is a replacement effect. No mana is ever produced from lands while it is out besides . Zendikar Resurgent would only produce additional black mana.
December 9, 2018 5:43 p.m.