Also, snow permanents may be subject to certain effects designated by other cards. Any mana produced by a snow permanent is considered snow mana in addition to its color. (There is one exception to this rule when the card "Mirror Gallery" is in play) If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are in play under one player's control at the same time, the player chooses and sacrifices one. This is known as the legend rule. There may be only one of any legendary permanent with the same name under a player's control at any one time. Some permanents have the supertype legendary. The supertype basic means that a player may have any number of that card in his or her deck. The super type world is only found on older cards. There are four different supertypes: basic, legendary, snow, and world. Phenomenon Vanguards Schemes Subtype Supertype Some card types appear only on cards used in variants such as Planechase and Archenemy. Sorcery is a type of nonpermanent and may have the subtype Arcane. The type is unlikely to be used again except in very special circumstances. It is always paired with another card type. The Tribal type never appears on a card alone. Tribal counts as a card Type because it allows cards like instants, sorceries, and enchantments to have creature types. Also, if a player controls two or more planeswalkers with the same planeswalker subtype at the same time, all but one of them is put into their owner's graveyard. Only one of these abilities may be played per turn. Planeswalker is a type of permanent and may have one planeswalker subtype.Īll planeswalkers have a loyalty and three or four abilities that add or subtract loyalty. (There are other less common land subtypes.)Ī land may be played only once per turn and only by the active player (the player whose turn it is) on his or her turn. Land is a type of permanent and may have the subtype Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, or Swamp. Instants and spells with Flash are the only card types that can be played on either player's turn. Instant is a type of nonpermanent and may have the subtype Arcane or Trap. Unlike the similar permanent, the artifact, enchantments are colored and never need to tap. Many creatures have abilities that boost their value and make them more powerful.Įnchantment is a type of permanent and may have the subtype Aura. Some creatures have power and toughness depending on a certain thing, like Nightmare. All creatures have a power and a toughness and are the only card type that can attack or block. So if you have Naturalize, you can use it on an artifact creature.Ĭreature is a type of permanent and will have one or other creature types (e.g. That means that anything that affects an artifact or a creature can be used on an artifact creature. Artifact is a type of permanent and may also be a creature, or an artifact creature.