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Matandun: /* Mana bonuses */ small fix

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‎Mana bonuses: small fix

AnarchangeI: /* Strixhaven */

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‎Strixhaven

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‎Strixhaven

AnarchangeI: /* Tri color: Shards of Alara */

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‎Tri color: Shards of Alara

AnarchangeI: /* In Planeswalkers */

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‎In Planeswalkers

AnarchangeI: /* In Planeswalkers */

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‎In Planeswalkers

AnarchangeI: /* In Planeswalkers */

2024-11-01T20:50:03Z

‎In Planeswalkers

AnarchangeI at 21:06, 18 November 2022

2022-11-18T21:06:41Z

AnarchangeI at 22:21, 17 November 2022

2022-11-17T22:21:12Z

AnarchangeI at 22:40, 2 November 2022

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 === Mana bonuses===
-[[Origins]] Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to five. Between Origins and [[Hour of Devastation]], mana bonus totals wavered but gradually increased. Planeswalkers released from [[Ixilan]] onwards follow simple rules for their [[mana]] bonuses:
+[[Origins]] Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to five. Between Origins and [[Hour of Devastation]], mana bonus totals wavered but gradually increased. Planeswalkers released from [[Ixalan]] onwards follow simple rules for their [[mana]] bonuses:
 #Three-color Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to seven.
 #Two-color Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to eight.

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 ==== Strixhaven ====
 [[Strixhaven]] Schools of magic represented Opposed colors by new names.
-:{{W|20}}{{B|38}} Silverquill
+:{{W|38}}{{B|38}} Silverquill
-:{{W|20}}{{R|38}} Lorehold
+:{{W|38}}{{R|38}} Lorehold
-:{{U|20}}{{R|38}} Prismari
+:{{U|38}}{{R|38}} Prismari
-:{{U|20}}{{G|38}} Quandrix
+:{{U|38}}{{G|38}} Quandrix
-:{{B|20}}{{G|38}} Witherbloom
+:{{B|38}}{{G|38}} Witherbloom
 === Tri color: Clans of Tarkir ===

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 ==== Strixhaven ====
 [[Strixhaven]] Schools of magic represented Opposed colors by new names.
-:{{W|20}}{{B|20}} Silverquill
+:{{W|20}}{{B|38}} Silverquill
-:{{W|20}}{{R|20}} Lorehold
+:{{W|20}}{{R|38}} Lorehold
-:{{U|20}}{{R|20}} Prismari
+:{{U|20}}{{R|38}} Prismari
-:{{U|20}}{{G|20}} Quandrix
+:{{U|20}}{{G|38}} Quandrix
-:{{B|20}}{{G|20}} Witherbloom
+:{{B|20}}{{G|38}} Witherbloom
 === Tri color: Clans of Tarkir ===

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 === Tri color: Shards of Alara ===
-Arc. Adjoining colors, an arc of the color wheel. [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] uses the same colors of magic as, but is otherwise unrelated to, Esper. Nicol Bolas is Grixis. [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]] is Bant.
+Arc. Adjoining colors, an arc of the color wheel. Some Puzzle Quest Planeswalkers use the same colors of magic as, but are otherwise unrelated to, Alara shards.  [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] uses Esper. Nicol Bolas uses Grixis. [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]] uses Bant. [[Lord Windgrace]] uses Jund.
 :{{W|38}}{{U|38}}{{B|38}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Esper Esper]: White/Blue/Black
 :{{W|38}}{{U|38}}{{G|38}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Bant Bant]: White/Blue/Green

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 Like card abilities, [[:Category:Planeswalker abilities|Planeswalker abilities]] tend to be thematically linked to certain colors. For example, [[:Category:Vigilance|giving creatures Vigilance]] and [[:Category:First Strike|First Strike]] tends to be a White Planeswalker ability. [[:Category:Draw|Drawing cards]] and [[:Category:Drain mana|draining the mana]] out of opponents' cards tend to be Blue PW abilities; Black PWs may draw cards, but they often have to pay Life or some other cost. Black PWs [[:Category:Reanimate|Reanimate creatures out of the graveyard]] straight into play and [[:Category:Lose life|make opponents lose life]]. Red typically does [[:Category:Damage|Damage]] directly to the opponent or their creatures, and [[:Category:Destroy gems|destroys gems]] of the opponent's colors. Green [[:Category:Convert gems|Converts gems]] to their own colors. Green PW's identity beyond that is less clear; they often tend to be a showcase of the [[:Category:Set ability|abilities featured in their set]], or in the case of dual color walkers, have abilities of the second color. Almost 40% of Planeswalkers [[:Category:Summon creatures|Summon some sort of token creature]]; along with the broad category of [[:Category:Buffs|Buffing creatures]] it is an ability that all the colors share.
-Always-Standard Origins lands are only in the "Opposed" colors, and so can be optimally used only by Planeswalkers of [[#Dual color: Ravnica Guilds|opposed pairs of colors]]. They also favor the [[#Tri color: Clans of Tarkir|Tarkir Clan Planeswalkers]] over the [[#Tri color: Shards of Alara|Alara Shard Planeswalkers]]. For example, WUR "Jeskai" [[Narset of the Ancient Way]] receives direct benefits from both {{Card URL|Battlefield Forge}} and {{Card URL|Shivan Reef}}, where the UBR "Grixis" Nicol Bolas trio only directly benefit from Shivan Reef. WBR "Mardu" [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] benefits from Battlefield Forge and {{Card URL|Caves of Koilos}}, where WUB "Esper" [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] only directly benefits from Caves.
+Always-Standard Origins lands are only in the "Opposed" colors, and so can be optimally used only by Planeswalkers of [[#Dual color: Ravnica Guilds|opposed pairs of colors]]. They also favor the [[#Tri color: Clans of Tarkir|Tarkir Clan Planeswalkers]] over the [[#Tri color: Shards of Alara|Alara Shard Planeswalkers]]. For example, WUR "Jeskai" [[Narset of the Ancient Way]] receives direct benefits from both {{Card URL|Battlefield Forge}} and {{Card URL|Shivan Reef}}, where the UBR "Grixis" Nicol Bolas trio only directly benefit from Shivan Reef. WBR "Mardu" [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] benefits from Battlefield Forge and {{Card URL|Caves of Koilos}}, where WUB "Esper" [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] only directly benefits from Caves. The reverse tends to be true of the [[Puzzle Masters 2]] lands.
 ===Colorless planeswalkers===

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 In [[Events]], some nodes have color restrictions.  Such nodes may only be played by a Planeswalker sharing a color with the node, or a colorless Planeswalker.
-Like card abilities, [[:Category:Planeswalker abilities|Planeswalker abilities]] tend to be thematically linked to certain colors. For example, [[:Category:Vigilance|giving creatures Vigilance]] and [[:Category:First Strike|First Strike]] tends to be a White Planeswalker ability. [[:Category:Draw|Drawing cards]] and [[:Category:Drain mana|draining the mana out of opponents' cards tend to be Blue PW abilities; Black PWs may draw cards, but they often have to pay Life or some other cost. Black PWs [[:Category:Reanimate|Reanimate creatures out of the graveyard]] straight into play and [[:Category:Lose life|make opponents lose life]]. Red typically does [[:Category:Damage|Damage]] directly to the opponent or their creatures, and [[:Category:Destroy gems|destroys gems]] of the opponent's colors. Green [[:Category:Convert gems|Converts gems]] to their own colors. Green PW's identity beyond that is less clear; they often tend to be a showcase of the [[:Category:Set ability|abilities featured in their set]], or in the case of dual color walkers, have abilities of the second color. Almost 40% of Planeswalkers [[:Category:Summon creatures|Summon some sort of token creature]]; along with the broad category of [[:Category:Buffs|Buffing creatures]] it is an ability that all the colors share.
+Like card abilities, [[:Category:Planeswalker abilities|Planeswalker abilities]] tend to be thematically linked to certain colors. For example, [[:Category:Vigilance|giving creatures Vigilance]] and [[:Category:First Strike|First Strike]] tends to be a White Planeswalker ability. [[:Category:Draw|Drawing cards]] and [[:Category:Drain mana|draining the mana]] out of opponents' cards tend to be Blue PW abilities; Black PWs may draw cards, but they often have to pay Life or some other cost. Black PWs [[:Category:Reanimate|Reanimate creatures out of the graveyard]] straight into play and [[:Category:Lose life|make opponents lose life]]. Red typically does [[:Category:Damage|Damage]] directly to the opponent or their creatures, and [[:Category:Destroy gems|destroys gems]] of the opponent's colors. Green [[:Category:Convert gems|Converts gems]] to their own colors. Green PW's identity beyond that is less clear; they often tend to be a showcase of the [[:Category:Set ability|abilities featured in their set]], or in the case of dual color walkers, have abilities of the second color. Almost 40% of Planeswalkers [[:Category:Summon creatures|Summon some sort of token creature]]; along with the broad category of [[:Category:Buffs|Buffing creatures]] it is an ability that all the colors share.
 Always-Standard Origins lands are only in the "Opposed" colors, and so can be optimally used only by Planeswalkers of [[#Dual color: Ravnica Guilds|opposed pairs of colors]]. They also favor the [[#Tri color: Clans of Tarkir|Tarkir Clan Planeswalkers]] over the [[#Tri color: Shards of Alara|Alara Shard Planeswalkers]]. For example, WUR "Jeskai" [[Narset of the Ancient Way]] receives direct benefits from both {{Card URL|Battlefield Forge}} and {{Card URL|Shivan Reef}}, where the UBR "Grixis" Nicol Bolas trio only directly benefit from Shivan Reef. WBR "Mardu" [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] benefits from Battlefield Forge and {{Card URL|Caves of Koilos}}, where WUB "Esper" [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] only directly benefits from Caves.

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	There are clear benefits to playing Planeswalkers with high spike bonuses with mana conversion, and when playing without mana conversion, to use Planeswalkers with a balanced spread of bonuses.		There are clear benefits to playing Planeswalkers with high spike bonuses with mana conversion, and when playing without mana conversion, to use Planeswalkers with a balanced spread of bonuses.
		+
		+	=== 5 colors in 2 games ===
		+	All rewards in a single [[Story]] mode battle can be earned in two games. Use a three color planeswalker (such as [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh]]) in a first game, and another two or three color planeswalker (such as [[Huatli, Radiant Champion]] or [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]) in a second game to meet all five color objectives. The two optional objectives may be completed simultaneously.
		+
		+	An incomplete list of the two-planeswalker combinations which cover all 5 colors:
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! colspan="2" \| First planeswalker
		+	! colspan="2" \| Second planeswalker
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="3" \| {{Color Icons\|WUB}}
		+	\| rowspan="3" \| [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|GR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Arlinn, the Pack's Hope]], [[Domri, Chaos Bringer]], [[Samut, the Tested]], or [[Wrenn and Six]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|URG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Sarkhan Unbroken]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|BRG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Lord Windgrace]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| {{Color Icons\|WUR}}
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| [[Narset of the Ancient Way]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|BG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Garruk, Cursed Huntsman]], [[Nissa of Shadowed Boughs]], [[Vraska, Golgari Queen]], or [[Vraska, Relic Seeker]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|BRG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Lord Windgrace]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="4" \| {{Color Icons\|WUG}}
		+	\| rowspan="4" \| [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|BR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Angrath, the Flame-Chained]], [[Ob Nixilis, the Adversary]], [[Sarkhan the Mad]], or [[Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WBR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|UBR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh]], [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]], or [[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|BRG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Lord Windgrace]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| {{Color Icons\|WBR}}
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|UG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \|
		+	[[Kasmina, Enigma Sage]], [[Kiora, Master of the Depths]], [[Nissa, Steward of the Elements]], [[Oko, Thief of Crowns]] a
		+	or [[Tamiyo, Compleated Sage]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WUG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| {{Color Icons\|UBR}}
		+	\| rowspan="2" \| [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh]], [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]], or [[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Ajani, Unyielding]], [[Calix, Destiny's Hand]], or [[Huatli, Radiant Champion]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WUG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="3" \| {{Color Icons\|URG}}
		+	\| rowspan="3" \| [[Sarkhan Unbroken]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WB}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Daxos the Returned]], [[Kaya, Orzhov Usurper]], [[Kaya, the Inexorable]], [[Kaya, Geist Hunter]], or [[Sorin, Grim Nemesis]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WUB}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WBR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="5" \| {{Color Icons\|BRG}}
		+	\| rowspan="5" \| [[Lord Windgrace]]
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WU}}
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WUB}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \|{{Color Icons\|WUR}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Narset of the Ancient Way]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \| {{Color Icons\|WUG}}
		+	\| style="border-left:0px" \| [[Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| style="border-right:0px" \|{{Color Icons\|WB}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|}

	==In Cards==		==In Cards==

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 === Mana in hand ===
-Mana accumulates on the first card in the player's hand; the Mana required to cast it appearing as a number. Creatures and supports will always be cast when full after a gem match, unless they are disabled by tapping the circular Type icon. Spells: it depends. Targeted spells will always prompt the player with a decision to cast and a targeting popup, unless there is a second valid part of the spell that is u targeted. A good example of the latter is {{Card URL|Cruel Revival}}, which always returns a Zombie from the graveyard if there is one there and Cruel Revival is not disabled, even though the first part of the spell destroys a Target non-Zombie creature.
+Mana accumulates on the first card in the player's hand; the Mana required to cast it appearing as a number. Creatures and supports will always be cast when full after a gem match, unless they are disabled by tapping the circular Type icon. Spells: it depends. Targeted spells will always prompt the player with a decision to cast and a targeting popup, unless there is a second valid part of the spell that is u targeted. A good example of the latter is {{Card URL|Cruel Revival}}, which always returns a Zombie from the graveyard if there is one there and Cruel Revival is not disabled, even though the first part of the spell destroys a Target non-Zombie creature. Another is Sleep with the Fishes, which must be disabled or it will summon a Fish token even after the player chooses not to target an enemy creature.
 The mana required to play a card corresponds to the card's casting cost, which may range from 1 to 30.

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 Mana of any of the five [[#Color|color]]s can be used to pay the casting cost of cards of any color.  Other specialised types of mana exist. In paper Magic the Gathering, the system of [[#Color|Colored mana]] being required for colored cards replaces the MtGPQ requirement that colored cards can only be played by [[Planeswalkers]] of matching affinity.
 Each [[Matching|Match]] of 3 or more [[Gems]] on the [[Gem board]] provides an amount of mana according to the number of gems matched, and the mana bonuses of the [[portal:Planeswalkers|Planeswalker]].
-The mana required to play a card corresponds to the card's casting cost, which may range from 1 to 30.
+[[#Gaining Mana|Mana may be gained]] in several ways.
 The [[Colors of Magic]] event has a permanent support that reduces cards' casting cost by 11, which can reduce the cost to to zero, as can some cards. When this happens, the card is displayed as though it had full mana.
-==Gaining mana==
+===Gaining Mana ===
 [[Matching]] [[Gems]] on the [[Gem board]] is the most common way of gaining mana.  Each gem match provides an amount of mana which is the sum of the following:
 * The number of gems of the same [[#Color|color]] which were matched
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 In events which are [[Portal:Events#Icon descriptions|Supercharged]], each color match provides an additional 3 mana.
 Mana can also be gained from certain [[Card|cards]] which provide mana when played, or while in play.
-===Planeswalker abilities===
+Some [[#In Planeswalkers|Planeswalkers]] have Loyalty abilities which [[:Category:Gain mana|provide mana]]. Others have abilities which [[:Category:Alter mana bonus|benefit their mana bonuses]].
 Some [[#In Planeswalkers|Planeswalkers]] have Loyalty abilities which [[:Category:Gain mana|provide mana]]. Others have abilities which [[:Category:Alter mana bonus|benefit their mana bonuses]].
 == Color==