Are colorless mana abilities still considered as mana abilities?

Asked by Hanzeru 9 years ago

I got 2 Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient from the M15 booster box I have opened and was thinking of building a deck around it. However, there seems to be only one artifact with activated ability not requiring mana(Grindclock ). So, if an artifact requires a colorless mana to activate its ability, is it a valid target for the Ancient's ability?

megawurmple says... Accepted answer #1

You're getting confused about what a mana ability is. A mana ability is not an ability that costs mana to activate. A mana ability is defined by three things:

  1. It adds mana to a player's mana pool.
  2. It has no targets (so Deathrite Shaman has no mana abilities, for example).
  3. It isn't a loyalty ability (so Xenagos, The Reveler has no mana abilities either).

An example of a mana ability is the ability of Birds of Paradise . Thus, any artifacts that have an activated ability that doesn't fill those 3 criteria will trigger Kurkesh.

July 30, 2014 4:55 a.m.

PolyKing says... #2

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/destroy-your-land-discard-your-hand/

July 30, 2014 11:08 a.m.

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