Mana washing is a slang term used by Magic R&D to describe effects that allows the player to spend mana as though it were mana of any color/type.[1] It is most commonly used to allow players to pay costs from cards that weren't initially in their deck but they have gained access to.
Rules[ | ]
From the Comprehensive Rules (November 8, 2024—Magic: The Gathering Foundations)
- 609.4b If an effect allows a player to spend mana “as though it were mana of any [type or color],” this affects only how the player may pay a cost. It doesn’t change that cost, and it doesn’t change what mana was actually spent to pay that cost. The same is true for effects that say “mana of any type can be spent.”
Cards with mana washing[ | ]
- White
- Case File Auditor
- Celestial Dawn
- False Dawn
- Kentaro, the Smiling Cat (-cost variant)
- Viconia, Disciple of Rebirth
- Blue
- Agent of Raffine
- Clone Crafter
- Five Finger Discount (Unstable)
- Futurist Spellthief
- Gale's Redirection
- Grell Philospher
- Haldan, Avid Arcanist
- Quicksilver Elemental
- Snowborn Simulacra
- Tome of the Infinite
- Viconia, Disciple of Arcana
- Black
- Arvinox, the Mind Flail
- Author of Shadows
- Brainstealer Dragon
- Cunning Rhetoric
- Dead Man's Chest
- Draugr Necromancer
- Elder Brain
- Gonti, Lord of Luxury
- Grave Choice
- Gutmorn, Pactbound Servant
- Intellect Devourer
- Opposition Agent
- Outrageous Robbery
- Predators' Hour
- Shadow of the Enemy
- Soul Servitude
- Undercity Plunder
- Viconia, Disciple of Blood
- Whispersteel Dagger
- Red
- Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
- Curse of Hospitality
- Dire Fleet Daredevil
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- Mezzio Mugger
- Nassari, Dean of Expression
- Rahilda, Feral Cutthroat
- Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat
- Robber of the Rich
- Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv (-cost variant)
- Share the Spoils
- Stolen Strategy
- Viconia, Disciple of Violence
- You Find Some Prisoners
- Green
- Multicolor
- Bind to Secrecy
- Covetous Urge
- Daxos of Meletis
- Drana and Linvala
- Evelyn, the Covetous
- Hostage Taker
- Hurl Through Hell
- Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
- King Narfi's Betrayal
- Kotose, the Silent Spider
- Lae'zel, Illithid Thrall
- Lidless Gaze
- Mnemonic Betrayal
- Psychic Intrusion
- Rogue Class
- The Ruinous Powers
- Scheming Fence
- Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire
- Siphon Insight
- Thief of Sanity
- Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
- Artifacts and Colorless
References[ | ]
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (September 27, 2019). "Throne of Eldraine Comprehensive Rules Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.