Mana fixing
Mana fixing refers to the process of ensuring that the correct lands or sources of mana are played in order to be used for the cards in one's hand. For instance, a Birds of Paradise can be used to ensure that a player has access to a color other than green (which was used to play the birds).[1][2][3][4]
This list was last updated as of Commander 2020.
Contents
Cards that can produce any color mana[edit | edit source]
Lands[edit | edit source]
- Aether Hub (by paying
)
- Ally Encampment (only to cast an Ally spell)
- Ancient Ziggurat (only to cast a creature spell)
- Archaeological Dig
- Atzal, Cave of Eternity
- Cave of Temptation
- Cavern of Souls (only to cast a creature spell of a chosen type)
- City of Ass (not tournament-legal)
- City of Brass
- Command Tower (in your commander's color identity)
- Corrupted Crossroads (only to cast a Devoid spell)
- Crumbling Vestige (when it enters the battlefield)
- Exotic Orchard (that a land an opponent controls could produce)
- Forbidden Orchard
- Forsaken City
- Gateway Plaza
- Gemstone Caverns
- Gemstone Mine
- Glimmervoid
- Gold-Forge Garrison (two mana of one color)
- Grand Coliseum
- Guildmages' Forum
- Haven of the Spirit Dragon (only to cast a Dragon creature spell)
- Henge of Ramos
- Holdout Settlement (by tapping an untapped creature you control)
- Lotus Field (three mana of any one color)
- Lotus Vale (three mana of any one color)
- Lost Vale (three mana of any one color)
- Mana Confluence (by paying one life)
- Meteor Crater (chosen color of a permanent you control)
- Metzali, Tower of Triumph
- Mirrodin's Core (removing a charge counter)
- Opal Palace (in your commander's color identity)
- Painted Bluffs
- Paliano, the High City (of colors chosen when drafted)
- Path of Ancestry (in your commander's color identity)
- Pillar of the Paruns (only to cast a multicolored spell)
- Primal Beyond (only to cast or activate an ability of Elementals)
- Primal Wellspring
- Rainbow Vale
- Reflecting Pool (that a land you control could produce)
- Rhystic Cave
- Rupture Spire
- Sanctum of the Sun (equal to your life total)
- School of the Unseen
- Secret base (only cards that share a watermark - not tournament-legal)
- Shimmering Grotto
- Sliver Hive (only to cast or activate an ability of slivers)
- Spire of Industry (paying 1 life; only if you control an artifact)
- Springjack Pasture
- Survivors' Encampment (by tapping an untapped creature you control)
- Tarnished Citadel
- Tendo Ice Bridge
- Thran Quarry
- Tomb of the Dusk Rose
- Transguild Promenade
- Unclaimed Territory (only to cast a creature spell of a chosen type)
- Undiscovered Paradise
- Unknown Shores
- Vault of Catlacan
- Winged Temple of Orazca
- Odyssey sac land cycle: Abandoned Outpost, Bog Wreckage, Ravaged Highlands, Seafloor Debris, Timberland Ruins
- Lorwyn vivid land cycle: Vivid Meadow, Vivid Creek, Vivid Marsh, Vivid Crag, Vivid Grove
Creatures[edit | edit source]
- Alloy Myr
- Atzocan Seer
- Beastcaller Savant (only to cast creature spells)
- Birchlore Rangers
- Birds of Paradise
- Blood Celebrant
- Centaur Nurturer
- Ceta Disciple
- Channeler Initiate (by removing a -1/-1 counter from itself)
- Crystalline Crawler (by removing a +1/+1 counter from itself)
- Deathrite Shaman (by exiling a land from a graveyard)
- Draconic Disciple
- Drover of the Mighty
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (gives lands you control every basic land type)
- Elvish Harbinger
- Faeburrow Elder (one each for each color of permanents you control)
- Gemhide Sliver
- Harabaz Druid (equal to number of Ally cards you control)
- Harvester Druid (that a land you control could produce)
- Harvest Mage (gives lands you control the ability)
- Helionaut
- Honored Hierarch (when Renowned)
- Humble Naturalist (only for creature spells)
- Joiner Adept
- Leyline Prowler
- Lifespring Druid
- Llanowar Envoy
- Loam Dryad (a rift on the Cohort mechanic))
- Lotus Cobra
- Lotus Guardian
- Manaweft Sliver (gives Slivers you control the ability)
- Morselhoarder
- Mul Daya Channelers
- Necra Disciple
- Nomadic Elf
- Oasis Ritualist (gives two mana if Exerted)
- Opaline Unicorn
- Orochi Leafcaller
- Paradise Druid
- Petalmane Baku
- Pili-Pala
- Prismite
- Quirion Explorer (that a land an opponent controls could produce)
- Quirion Sentinel
- Regal Behemoth
- Rosethorn Acolyte
- Saruli Caretaker
- Scuttlemutt
- Servant of the Conduit (by paying
)
- Signpost Scarecrow (by paying
)
- Smokebraider (two mana in any combination of colors and only to cast or activate an ability of Elementals)
- Somberwald Sage (three mana of any one color - only cast Creature spells)
- Stadium Vendors (enters the battlefield - target player makes two of any one color)
- Sylvan Caryatid
- Sylvok Explorer (that a land an opponent controls could produce)
- Utopia Mycon
- Utopia Tree
- Vedalken Engineer (two mana of any one color and only to cast or activate an ability of artifacts)
- Verdant Eidolon
- Vesper Ghoul
- Viridian Acolyte
- Wild Cantor
- Wirewood Channeler
- Zaxara, the Exemplary (adds two mana)
Artifacts[edit | edit source]
- Altar of the Pantheon
- Arcane Signet (of commander's colors)
- Arcum's Astrolabe
- Astrolabe
- Altar of the Lost (in any combination of colors and only to cast spells with flashback from a graveyard)
- Barbed Sextant
- Black Lotus
- Blacker Lotus (not tournament-legal)
- Bonder's Ornament
- Celestial Prism
- Chromatic Lantern
- Chromatic Orrery
- Chromatic Sphere
- Chromatic Star
- Chrome Mox (of exiled card's colors)
- Coalition Relic
- Commander's Sphere (in your commander's color identity)
- Coveted Jewel (three mana of any one color)
- Cryptolith Fragment
- Cultivator's Caravan
- Darksteel Ingot
- Diamond Kaleidoscope
- Dragon's Hoard
- Empowered Autogenerator (equal to the number of charge counters on it)
- Everythingamajig (Unstable, #147d) (not tournament legal)
- Fellwar Stone (that a land an opponent controls could produce)
- Fountain of Ichor
- Gemstone Array
- Gilded Lotus
- Gold tokens
- Golden Egg
- Heraldic Banner (of chosen color)
- Implements of Sacrifice
- Jack-in-the-Mox (not tournament-legal)
- Khalni Gem
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Lotus Bloom
- Lotus Blossom
- Lotus Petal
- Mad Science Fair Project (on a dice-roll of 4 or higher - not tournament legal)
- Mana Cylix
- Mana Geode
- Mana Prism
- Manalith
- Meteorite
- Mox Amber (only color of Legendary creatures and/or Planeswalkers)
- Mox Diamond
- Mox Lotus (not tournament-legal)
- Mox Opal
- Mox Tantalite
- Nyx Lotus (equal to your devotion of a chosen color)
- Paradise Mantle
- Pentad Prism
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phyrexian Lens
- Pillar of Origins (only to cast a creature spell of a chosen type)
- Prismatic Lens
- Prophetic Prism
- Pyramid of the Pantheon (adds three mana when fully built)
- Spectral Searchlight
- Sphere of the Suns
- Spinning Wheel
- Springleaf Drum
- Standing Stones
- Star Compass (that a basic land you control could produce)
- Terrarion (in any combination of colors)
- Tome of the Guildpact
- Treasure tokens
- Vessel of Endless Rest
Enchantments[edit | edit source]
- Abundant Growth
- Alpine Moon (lands of the chosen name your opponent controls)
- Carpet of Flowers
- Cryptolith Rite (creatures gain the ability)
- Dawn's Reflection (in any combination of colors)
- Druids' Repository (remove a charge counter from it)
- Fertile Ground
- Food Chain (only to cast creature spells)
- Gift of Paradise (two mana of any one color)
- Karametra's Favor
- Mana Bloom (remove a charge counter from it)
- Multani's Harmony
- New Horizons (two mana of any one color)
- Overlaid Terrain
- Prismatic Omen
- Sheltered Aerie (two mana of any one color)
- Song of Freyalise
- Trace of Abundance (creatures gain the ability)
- Unbridled Growth
- Urban Utopia
- Utopia Sprawl
- Utopia Vow
- Verdant Haven
- Weirding Wood
Instants[edit | edit source]
- Divergent Growth
- Manamorphose (in any combination of colors)
Sorceries[edit | edit source]
- Metamorphosis (only to cast creature spells)
Conspiracies[edit | edit source]
(Not tournament legal)
- Secrets of Paradise (creatures of the chosen name)
- Sovereign's Realm (basic lands)
- Worldknit (lands)
Cards which remove the need for mana fixing[edit | edit source]
- Celestial Dawn
- Daxos of Meletis
- Emissary's Ploy (creatures of chosen mana cost - not tournament legal)
- False Dawn
- Five-Finger Discount (not tournament legal)
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
- Manascape Refractor
- Mycosynth Lattice
- North Star
- Oath of Nissa (planeswalkers)
- Psychic Intrusion
- Quicksilver Elemental (blue mana as any color for its' activated abilities)
- Robber of the Rich
- Stolen Strategy
- Unexpected Potential (spells of chosen name - not tournament legal)
- Vizier of the Menagerie (only for creature spells)
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 23, 2009). "Mana with All the Fixin's". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Devin Low (May 25, 2007). "The Dark Side of Mana Fixers". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille (March 27, 2009). "Fixing the Environment". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (July 5, 2013). "Standard Mana Fixing". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.