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This page describes the types of [[Gems]] you can encounter on the [[Gem board]] during a game of [[Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest]]
[[File:Gem-ManaField.png|x72px]]
Support gems can be created by:
* Playing a support card from hand.
* Using a card or an ability to create a support tokens. Types of support tokens are described below.
[[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 Planeswalker abilities. Others regain shields after losing them to a match. Fractals gain shield when matched.
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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 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.
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{{Ability|Vanguard|Vanguards}} are a special type of support card representing planeswalkers. They have a different appearance on the gem board to card or token supports.
== Activated gems ==
[[Matching]] gems destroys them and produces an effect which depends on the type of the activated gem. Activated gems can also be destroyed with spellsabilities, whether cast or abilities of other activated gems on the board (such as [[#Improved gems|Ignited gems gem]]s) or Planeswalker abilitiesused by [[Planeswalkers]], all of 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.
Activated gems can't be converted into other gem colors or types.
The [[Puzzle Masters]] set ({{PMA}}) introduced a new type of Activated gem, [[#Improved gems|Improved gems]] : {{Ability|Ignite|Ignited}}, {{Ability|Corrupt|Corrupted}}, {{Ability|Seed}}, etc.
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! rowspan=2 | Activated gem type! rowspan=2 | Image! colspan=2 | Effect|-! While in play! When matched
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! {{Ability|Activate}}
| [[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]
| Triggers an effect on the card which created the activate gem
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! {{Ability|Adapt}}
| [[File:gem-Adapt.png|x72px]]
| The creature which created the adapt gem gets +1/+1 and has its {{Ability|Adapt}} ability triggered
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! {{Ability|Aftermath}}
| [[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]
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* ''Matched by owner:'' Triggers the Aftermath effect on the card which created the aftermath gem
* ''Matched by opponent:'' No effect
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! {{Ability|Activate|Countdown}}
| [[File:gem-Countdown.png|x72px]]
| Counts down by 1 each turn and triggers the match effect on zero
* ''Matched by owner:'' Triggers an effect on the card which created the countdown gem
* ''Matched by opponent:'' No effect
! {{Ability|Embalm}}
| [[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]
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* ''Matched by owner:'' Brings into play a zombie token copy of the creature in the graveyard creating the embalm gem
! {{Ability|Energize}}
| [[File:gem-Energize.png|x72px]]
| Can trigger an {{Ability|Overload}} effect on your cards in play
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! {{Ability|Enhanced}}
| [[File:gem-Enhanced.png|x72px]]
| When matched with a swap, adds 1 to the {{Ability|Enhanced}} value of your first card in hand which can be {{Ability|Enhanced}}
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! {{Ability|Eternalize}}
| [[File:gem-Aftermath.png|x72px]]
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* ''Matched by owner:'' Brings into play a 4/4 zombie token copy of the creature in the graveyard creating the eternalize gem
! {{Ability|Buried|Graveyard}}
| [[File:gem-Graveyard.png|x72px]]
| Adds 3 mana to the first card in your graveyard with {{Ability|Buried}}
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! {{Ability|Snow}}
| [[File:gem-Snow.png|x72px]]
| Can trigger {{Ability|Snow}} effects on cards| <br> Adds 1 mana to the first card in your hand with {{Ability|Snow}}; can trigger additional {{Ability|Snow}} effects on cards
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! {{Ability|Trap}}
| [[File:gem-Trap.png|x72px]]
| Invisible to the player.<br>(However, the AI sees your traps!)| <br>Triggers an effect on of the card creating the trap gem|} === Improved gems ==={{Ability|Improved Gem|Improved Gems}} were introduced with the [[PMA]] set. They always trigger with an effect for the player that matches them. Only the Blue Deny and 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 player that matches it |-! {{Ability|Ignite|Ignited}}| [[File:gem-Ignited.png|x72px]]| Destroy a block of 3x3 gems around the ignited gem|-! {{Ability|Seed}}| | Gives mana to the player that matches it: 1 for each creature and reinforcement they control |-
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