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==Card Icon Abilities==
=== Combat abilities ===
These abilities affect how attacking and blocking creatures interact in combat. See [[Combat Basics]] for more information about creature combat.
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!Ability
!Icon
!Expansions
!Description
|- {{IconAbility|Berserker|''all''|Attacks the first enemy creature, instead of the enemy Planeswalker.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Deathtouch|''all''|Whenever this creature deals {{Ability|combat damage}} to another creature, the other creature is {{Ability|Destroy|Destroyed}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Defender|''all''|Blocks your opponent's creatures' attacks, becoming their attack target in place of your Planeswalker. Your first creature with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Reach}} is the creature which tries to block first.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Double Strike|''all''|Deals {{Ability|First Strike}} {{Ability|damage}} AND regular {{Ability|damage}} afterwards.}}
|- {{IconAbility|First Strike|''all''|{{Ability|First Strike}} {{Ability|damage}} is dealt {{Ability|damage}} before regular {{Ability|damage}}. The enemy only retaliates if it survives the {{Ability|First Strike}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Flying|''all''|Can be blocked by creatures with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Vigilance}} only if they also have {{Ability|Flying}}. (Can be blocked by creatures with {{Ability|Reach}}.)}}
|- {{IconAbility|Menace|''all''|This creature is {{Ability|Unblockable}} unless two or more creatures your opponent controls could block it.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Reach|''all''|Blocks your opponent's creatures, becoming their attack target in place of your Planeswalker, including creatures with {{Ability|Flying}}. Your first creature with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Reach}} is the creature which tries to block first.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Trample|''all''|Any {{Ability|damage}} in excess of a blocking creature's toughness is dealt to the Planeswalker instead of the blocking creature.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Unblockable|''all''|Cannot be blocked.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Vigilance|''all''|Blocks your opponent's creatures, if able, becoming their attack target instead of your Planeswalker, if you control no creatures with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Reach}}.}}
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=== Other icon abilities ===
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|- {{IconAbility|Adventure|{{ELD}}|When you cast the Spell side of a card with Adventure, return only the Creature side of the card to your hand.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Awaken|{{BFZ}}{{ZVE}}|An {{Ability|Awaken}} ability {{Ability|trigger|triggers}} if a secondary mana cost is paid in addition to the card's main cost. (Auto-casts if the {{Ability|Awaken}} cost is fully paid.)}}
|- {{IconAbility|Convoke|{{GRN}}|Costs one less mana for each creature and {{Ability|reinforce|reinforcement}} you control, up to the number in the {{Ability|Convoke}} symbol.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Cycling|{{AKH}}{{HOU}}|When you {{Ability|Cycle}} a card, {{Ability|draw}} a card. {{Ability|Cycling}} {{Ability|trigger|triggers}} when you {{Ability|Exile}} a card with {{Ability|Cycling}} from your hand, if you can pay at least the specified amount of mana from your cards in hand (including this one).}}
|- {{IconAbility|Devoid|{{BFZ}}{{OGW}}{{ZVE}}|Gains mana from Void Gem matches. Void Gems are created by cards with {{Ability|Ingest}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Flash|{{ZVE}}{{RIX}}{{DOM}}{{M19}}{{GRN}}|Before an opponent's creature attacks, if this card is {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}, you may cast it for its normal mana cost. (Can also be cast during your turn, like normal.)}}
|- {{IconAbility|Haste|''all''|Attacks the turn it enters play.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Hexproof|''all''|Cannot be targeted by enemy spells and abilities. (Effects which don't require a target to be selected still affect creatures with {{Ability|Hexproof}}.)}}
|- {{IconAbility|Meld|{{EMN}}|When this creature and another specified creature are both in play on your side, they {{Ability|Meld}} to form a single {{Ability|Melded}} creature.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Melded|{{EMN}}|This creature is a combination of a specific pair of creatures with {{Ability|Meld}}. Playing either of those two creatures {{Ability|reinforce|reinforces}} this creature.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Mentor|{{GRN}}|Whenever this creature attacks, your other creatures with power lower than this creature's get a +1/+1 {{Ability|buff}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Protection from Black|{{M20}}|Gains {{Ability|Hexproof}} while the opponent controls a black creature. Damage received from black sources is reduced by half, rounded up.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Protection from White|{{M20}}|Gains {{Ability|Hexproof}} while the opponent controls a white creature. Damage received from white sources is reduced by half, rounded up.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Prevent Damage|''all''|{{Ability|damage|Damage}} effects applied to this creature or Planeswalker, including {{Ability|combat damage}}, are reduced to zero. (Other effects, including {{Ability|Destroy}}, are not prevented.)}}
|- {{IconAbility|Riot|{{RNA}}|When this creature enters play, choose one: It gets a +1/+1 {{Ability|buff}}, or it gains {{Ability|Haste}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Split Card|{{GRN}}|You can select which side of this card you want to play. Tap the flip symbol on the card to change its side. Mana gained charges both sides, up to a maximum of the cost of the currently selected side.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Stored Mana|{{M19}}{{GRN}}|This card stores extra mana up to a maximum of the number in the {{Ability|Stored Mana}} icon, and {{Ability|trigger|triggers}} additional effects when cast. (Auto-casts if the Stored Mana is full.) A Stored Mana card can't have its mana drained or raised.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Token|''all''|This is a {{Ability|Token}} creature or support. If it would enter a graveyard, hand, library, or the {{Ability|Exile}} zone, it's removed from the game instead.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Transform|{{SOI}}{{EMN}}{{XLN}}{{RIX}}|When the specified conditions are met, this card becomes {{Ability|Transformed}}, flipping to its other side.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Transformed|{{SOI}}{{EMN}}{{XLN}}{{RIX}}|Shown on the flipped side of a card with {{Ability|Transform}}.}}
|- {{IconAbility|Vanguard|{{WAR}}|A {{Ability|Vanguard}} is a special support card representing a Planeswalker. Vanguards have activated abilities which increase or decrease the shield amount to perform an effect, and can be used once per turn per Vanguard. Vanguards are considered {{Ability|Legendary}}, and are also only affected by effects which specifically name Vanguards as targets.}}
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