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'''Ping''' is the slang term for an activated ability of a permanent that deals one damage to target creature or player. Also known as "poke", "[[Tim]]", and "zap".
 
'''Ping''' is the slang term for an activated ability of a permanent that deals one damage to target creature or player. Also known as "poke", "[[Tim]]", and "zap".
   
The Ping ability used to be located in blue. After the color pie shift, pinging was relocated into red. Blue cards with pinging are <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>, and <c>Psionic Gift</c>. Red cards with pinging are <c>Prodigal Pyromancer</c>, <c>Cunning Sparkmage</c>, <c>Vithian Stinger</c>, <c>Goblin Fireslinger</c> and <c>Anaba Shaman</c>. The cards <c>Gelectrode</c> and <c>Hypervolt Grasp</c> both make a reference to blue's past pinging ability by using it on a multicolored card. Also a callback to Blue's original claim is the <c>Fledgling Mawcor</c> from ''[[Time Spiral]]''.
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The Ping ability used to be located in blue. After the color pie shift, pinging was relocated into red. Blue cards with pinging are <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>, and <c>Psionic Gift</c> and RootWater Hunter. Red cards with pinging are <c>Prodigal Pyromancer</c>, <c>Cunning Sparkmage</c>, <c>Vithian Stinger</c>, <c>Goblin Fireslinger</c> and <c>Anaba Shaman</c>. The cards <c>Gelectrode</c> and <c>Hypervolt Grasp</c> both make a reference to blue's past pinging ability by using it on a multicolored card. Also a callback to Blue's original claim is the <c>Fledgling Mawcor</c> from ''[[Time Spiral]]''.
   
 
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Revision as of 19:41, 4 December 2011

Ping is the slang term for an activated ability of a permanent that deals one damage to target creature or player. Also known as "poke", "Tim", and "zap".

The Ping ability used to be located in blue. After the color pie shift, pinging was relocated into red. Blue cards with pinging are Prodigal Sorcerer, and Psionic Gift and RootWater Hunter. Red cards with pinging are Prodigal Pyromancer, Cunning Sparkmage, Vithian Stinger, Goblin Fireslinger and Anaba Shaman. The cards Gelectrode and Hypervolt Grasp both make a reference to blue's past pinging ability by using it on a multicolored card. Also a callback to Blue's original claim is the Fledgling Mawcor from Time Spiral.