MTG Gameplay Concepts

ManaLotus understands 220 gameplay concepts across 38 categories. Browse a topic to learn what each concept means and see example cards.

Activated

4

Activated concepts like Ability Copy, Ability Cost Reducer, and Cast From Exile, plus 1 more.

Anthems

1

Anthems concepts like Anthem.

Artifacts

6

Artifacts concepts like Artifact Animator, Artifact Payoff, and Artifact Recursion, plus 3 more.

Card Advantage

10

Card Advantage concepts like Cantrip, Card Draw, and Draw Payoff, plus 7 more.

Cascade

3

Cascade concepts like Cost Alternative, Discover, and Free Spell.

Color

4

Color concepts like Color Hoser, Color Matters, and Mana Fixer, plus 1 more.

Combat

9

Combat concepts like Attack Trigger, Combat Damage Trigger, and Combat Trick, plus 6 more.

Control

12

Control concepts like Casting Restriction, Creature Hoser, and Enter Tapped, plus 9 more.

Copy

4

Copy concepts like Copy Payoff, Creature Copy, and Permanent Copy, plus 1 more.

Counters

6

Counters concepts like Counter Doubler, Counter Mover, and Counter Payoff, plus 3 more.

Discard

5

Discard concepts like Discard Outlet, Discard Payoff, and Hellbent, plus 2 more.

Enchantments

6

Enchantments concepts like Aura Payoff, Constellation, and Enchantment Payoff, plus 3 more.

Energy

3

Energy concepts like Energy Doubler, Energy Payoff, and Energy Producer.

Equipment

5

Equipment concepts like Equipment Discount, Equipment Payoff, and Equipment Tutor, plus 2 more.

Flicker

7

Flicker concepts like Etb Damage, Etb Removal, and Etb Token, plus 4 more.

Graveyard

6

Graveyard concepts like Extraction, Graveyard Hate, and Graveyard Tutor, plus 3 more.

Interaction

6

Interaction concepts like Cant Be Countered, Cheat Into Play, and Counterspell, plus 3 more.

Keywords

5

Keywords concepts like Keyword Abilities, Keyword Granter, and Keyword Hate, plus 2 more.

Land Types

16

Land Types concepts like Basic Land, Battle Land, and Bounce Land, plus 13 more.

Lands Matter

6

Lands Matter concepts like Extra Land Drop, Land Animation, and Land Recursion, plus 3 more.

Lifegain

5

Lifegain concepts like Drain, Life Doubler, and Life Outlet, plus 2 more.

Mana Combo

4

Mana Combo concepts like Infinite Mana Piece, Mana Doubler, and Mana Sink, plus 1 more.

Mill

4

Mill concepts like Mill Doubler, Mill Finisher, and Mill Payoff, plus 1 more.

Modal

5

Modal concepts like Adventure, Channel, and Mdfc Spell Land, plus 2 more.

Monarch

4

Monarch concepts like Becomes Monarch, Initiative Payoff, and Monarch Payoff, plus 1 more.

Morph

4

Morph concepts like Disguise, Face Down Payoff, and Manifest, plus 1 more.

Poison

2

Poison concepts like Corrupted, and Poison Synergy.

Protection

2

Protection concepts like Protection Spell, and Regeneration.

Ramp

7

Ramp concepts like Cost Reducer, Fast Mana, and Land Ramp, plus 4 more.

Removal

14

Removal concepts like Artifact Removal, Board Wipe, and Bounce, plus 11 more.

Sacrifice

9

Sacrifice concepts like Aristocrat, Death Trigger, and Fling, plus 6 more.

Spellslinger

4

Spellslinger concepts like Magecraft, Spell Copy, and Spell Cost Reducer, plus 1 more.

Superfriends

4

Superfriends concepts like Loyalty Manipulation, Planeswalker Prevention, and Planeswalker Synergy, plus 1 more.

Tokens

11

Tokens concepts like Blood Maker, Clue Maker, and Creature Token Maker, plus 8 more.

Topdeck

3

Topdeck concepts like Library Manipulation, Topdeck Matters, and Topdeck Tutor.

Tribal

4

Tribal concepts like Tribal Lord, Tribal Payoff, and Tribal Tutor, plus 1 more.

Voltron

5

Voltron concepts like Commander Synergy, Evasion Granter, and Power Booster, plus 2 more.

Win Condition

5

Win Condition concepts like Alternate Win, Combat Win, and Damage Win, plus 2 more.