What is considered a mana ability?
Asked by Bovine073 8 years ago
I have been contemplating Suppression Field and I started to wonder about what is considered a mana ability.
Springleaf Drum is a mana ability (I think). But is Krark-Clan Ironworks a mana ability?
(other modern examples as well, can't think of any off of the top of my head)
Thanks
Epochalyptik says... #3
A mana ability is any ability that meets these criteria:
- It doesn't target anything.
- It isn't a loyalty ability.
- It would add mana to a player's mana pool when it resolves.
- If it's a triggered ability, it triggers only from another mana ability.
Both Springleaf Drum and Krark-Clan Ironworks have mana abilities.
GearNoir says... Accepted answer #1
605. Mana Abilities
-605.1a An activated ability is a mana ability if it meets all of the following criteria: it doesnt have a target, it could put mana into a players mana pool when it resolves, and its not a loyalty ability. (See rule 606, Loyalty Abilities.)
-605.1b A triggered ability is a mana ability if it meets all of the following criteria: it doesnt have a target, it triggers from the resolution of an activated mana ability (see rule 106.11a), and it could put mana into a players mana pool when it resolves.
TL;DR
Ability doesn't have a target, puts mana into player's pool, and isn't a loyalty ability.
You can see the rest of the rulings here - http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Mana_ability
May 9, 2016 9:08 a.m.