== Overview Colored gems ==This page describes the types of [[GemsFile:gem-white.png|x72px]][[File:gem-blue.png|x72px]][[File:gem-black.png|x72px]] you can encounter on the [[File:gem board during a game of -red.png|x72px]][[MagicFile: the Gathering Puzzle Questgem-green.png|x72px]]

== Colored gems ==Colored [[Color]]ed gems are white, blue, black, red, or green.

* Colored gems may become [[Gems#Activated gems|Activated gems]] when a card with an activated ability [[Abilities|Ability]] is played.

[[Matching]] colored gems (making 3 in a row of the same color) gives you 1 [[Mana]] per gem, extra mana equal to your mana bonus in that color, and 1 [[Loyalty]].

[[File:support-player.png|x72px]][[File:support-enemy.png|x72px]] When a support card or token support {{Ability|Token}} enters play, a colored gem becomes a '''Support gem'''.* If possible, the support is placed on a gem matching a [[color ]] of the support.

Support gems enter play with a numerical shield value. The shield value represents the durability of the support. The side of the gem on which the shield value is shown corresponds to the player who controls the support.

=Support gems which are {{Ability|reinforce|reinforced}} gain a circular icon around the shield value. [[File:gem-reinforced-player.png|x72px]][[File:gem-reinforced-enemy.png|x72px]] Support gems with {{Ability|Mana Field}} have a large glowing halo during the controlling player's turn. [[File:Gem-ManaField.png|x72px]] == Creating support gems ===

=== Matching support gems ===[[Matching]] or hitting a support gem by a match-4 reduces its shield by 1. If the shield goes to 0, the support is destroyed. Some supports are indestructible , i.e. they lose no shield when matched; they can still be destroyed by card and have infinite Planeswalker abilities. Others regain shieldsafter losing them to a match. Fractals gain shield when matched.

| Changes the support gem's [[color ]] to a random color

=== Types of support gems ===== Support cards ===Support gems created by an ordinary support card act as described on the card. Ordinary supports {{Ability|reinforce}} if played when you already control the same support in play, unless otherwise specified on the card. When a support gem which was cast as a support card is destroyed from play, the support card enters the graveyard. ===Support tokens ===Support tokens are created by effects rather than being cast as a card. When destroyed, support tokens do not enter the graveyard; they just disappear. Support tokens have the same appearance on the gem board as support cards, and unless otherwise specified are affected by the same effects and abilities that affect support gems cast as cards. 

! Support card| Reinforces unless otherwise specified| While in play as a support gem, a support card acts as described on the card. When destroyed from play, the support card moves to your graveyard.|-! {{Ability|VanguardInvestigate|Clue}}token| Reinforces[[File:clue.png|x120px]]| {{AbilityDoesn't reinforce|Vanguard|Vanguards}} are * ''While in play'': Counts down by 1 each turn and triggers the match effect on zero* ''When matched'': The clue's owner draws a special type of support card representing planeswalkers. They are immune to general support destruction spells and abilities.

! {{Ability|Food}} {{Abilitytoken|Token}}[[File:food.png|x120px]]

* ''When matched Matched by owner:'' Its owner gains 3 life.

:''[[:Category:Activated gems|Planeswalkers with Activated gem abilities]]''[[Matching]] or hitting an activated gem with a match 4 gems destroys the gem them and produces an effect which depends on the type of the activated gem. Activated gems can also be destroyed with abilities, whether cast or on the board (such as [[#Improved gems|Ignited gem]]s) or used by [[Planeswalkers]], which often destroy square gem blocks of various sizes (eg 3x3 or 5x5).

Activated gems are created from existing colored gems, and keep their [[color ]] after becoming activated gems.

! rowspan=2 | Activated gem type! colspan=2 | Effect|-Image! While in play! When matchedEffect

| No effect[[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Adapt.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Energize.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]

| No effect[[File:gem-Graveyard.png|x72px]]

! {{Ability|IgniteCompleated|IgnitedPhyrexian}}| No effect[[File:Phyrexian Gems Red.png|x72px]]| Destroy Adds 3 mana to the first card in your hand with {{Ability|Compleated}} that can gain mana and you lose 2 life; only triggers if you have a block of 3x3 gems around the ignited gemcard with {{Ability|Compleated}} in hand that can gain mana and you have 5 or more life

| Can trigger {{Ability[[File:gem-Snow.png|Snow}} effects on cardsx72px]]

| Invisible [[File:gem-Trap.png|x72px]]| Traps owned by the opponent are invisible to the player.<br>(However, the AI sees your traps!)<br>Triggers an effect of the card that created the trap gem| Triggers } === Improved gems ==={{Ability|Improved Gem|Improved Gems}} were introduced with the [[Puzzle Masters]] set. They always trigger with an effect for the player that matches them. Only the Blue {{Ability|Deny}} and {{Ability|Time Bubble}} gems are unequivocally detrimental to the enemy that matches them.  {| class="wikitable"! Activated gem type! Image! Effect|-! {{Ability|Corrupt|Corrupted}}| [[File:gem-Corrupted.png|x72px]]| Adds 3 mana to the first card in your graveyard with {{Ability|Buried}} that can gain mana, or lose 3 life if no cards can|-! {{Ability|Crystalize|Crystalized}}|| Counts as a gem of any color. Crystalizing destroys enemy supports to create the gem.|-! {{Ability|Deny}}| | On creation of the Deny support, opponent gains Denied. On match by a Denied player, that player is {{Ability|Restrained}}. Otherwise, matching it creates a {{Ability|Time Bubble}} {{Ability|token}} : [Enchantment: Support's owner drains 3 mana from opponent if it is matched on their turn. On opponents' turn, matching it forces them to {{Ability|Discard}}]|-! {{Ability|Enlist}}| | Gives 3 Life to the card creating player that matches it |-! {{Ability|Ignite|Ignited}}| [[File:gem-Ignited.png|x72px]]| Destroy a block of 3x3 gems around the trap ignited gem|-! {{Ability|Seed}}| [[File:Seed gem.png|x72px]]| Gives mana to the player that matches it: 1 for each creature and reinforcement they control |-

Matching 3 or more void gems gives:* +1 mana per gem to a card in hand with the {{Ability|Devoid}} ability* No extra mana from any coloured mana bonus* , and +1 loyalty Loyalty. If you have no Devoid cards in hand, matching devoid gems gives no mana. Void gems cannot give extra mana from any coloured mana bonus.