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 [[Matching|Match]] of 3 of or more gems [[Gems]] on the gem [[Gem board ]] provides an amount of mana according to the number of gems matched, and the mana bonuses of the [[portal:Planeswalkers|Planeswalker]].  [[#Gaining Mana|Mana may be gained]] in several ways.  When gained, mana is automatically assigned to the cards in your hand, from the top down, filling the casting cost of each card fully before charging up the next card 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 ===[[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* The Planeswalker's [[#Mana bonuses|mana bonus]] of the color of the gems which were matched Very large amounts of mana may sometimes be gained in a single turn via cascades on the gem board, where one match leads to another. 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. 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]]. === 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. 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.

==Mana types==Mana of any of Where in MtG the five colors focus must be what can be used accomplished each turn, and high cost cards may be effectively impossible to pay cast, the accumulation of Mana means that, eg, larger creatures are feasible. Because of this, and the casting cost disabling of cards , a hand of any color. Other specialised types of mana existcards can represent an investment in not just just cards but Mana too.

! <div style="text-align: rightleft">{{nowrap | White [[File:icon_W.png|x24px|White mana]]}}</div>White| Peace, law, structure| Gained by matching white gems. Pays for any card.Plains

! <div style="text-align: rightleft">{{nowrap | Blue [[File:icon_U.png|x24px|Blue mana]]}}</div>Blue| Knowledge, intellect, deceit| Gained by matching blue gems. Pays for any card.Island

! <div style="text-align: rightleft">{{nowrap | Black [[File:icon_B.png|x24px|Black mana]]}}</div>Black| Power, selfishness, death| Gained by matching black gems. Pays for any card.Swamp

! <div style="text-align: rightleft">{{nowrap | Red [[File:icon_R.png|x24px|Red mana]]}}</div>Red| Impulsiveness, freedom, destruction| Gained by matching red gems. Pays for any card.Mountain

! <div style="text-align: rightleft">{{nowrap | Green [[File:icon_G.png|x24px|Green mana]]Green| Nature, growth, interdependence| Forest|}}</div>Other specialised types of mana exist.{| Gained by matching green gems. Pays for any card.class="wikitable"

| Gained by matching void gems. Pays only for cards with the [[Abilities#Devoid{{Ability|Devoid]] }} ability.

==Gaining manaIn Planeswalkers==Most [[Planeswalkers]] have an affinity to one, two, or even three colors, and [[#Mana bonuses|Mana bonuses]] which strongly tend to favor those affinities. A Planeswalker's [[deck]] may only include [[card]]s which have at least one color matching an affinity of the Planeswalker. Colorless cards can be used by any Planeswalker. 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 gained 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 several waystheir 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.

When gainedAlways-Standard Origins lands are only in the "Opposed" colors, mana is automatically assigned to 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 cards in your hand[[#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 top downUBR "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}}, filling the casting cost where WUB "Esper" [[Dakkon, Shadow Slayer]] only directly benefits from Caves. The reverse tends to be true of each card fully before charging up the next card[[Puzzle Masters 2]] lands.

===Gem matchesColorless planeswalkers===Gem matches Some Planeswalkers are the most common way of gaining manacolorless. Each gem match on Cards may only be included in the gem board provides an amount deck of mana a colorless Planeswalker which is share a color with the sum of the following:* The number of gems of [[Events|Event]] node on which the same colour which were matched* The Planeswalker's mana bonus of the colour of the gems which were matchedis playing. If a node is locked to a specific color, they cannot be used. If a node is not associated with a color, they can use any color cards.

Very large amounts === 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:#Three-color Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to seven.#Two-color Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to eight.#Mono-color Planeswalkers' mana bonuses add up to nine. 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 sometimes be gained 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]] aor [[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==Each [[card]] is either colorless, or has one, two, or occasionally more colors. Moreso even than [[:Category:Planeswalker abilities|Planeswalker abilities]], card [[abilities]] tend to be thematically linked to certain colors. Ability separation by color is weaker in [[Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest]] than ''Magic: the Gathering'' for two reasons:* The [[gem board]] and [[mana]] system force changes in card design, which in a single turn via cascades makes color principles less strictly applicable.* Dual color cards can be used by any Planeswalker sharing any one of those colors, so any color-specific mechanics on such cards are more easily accessed. == In Story ==Other Magic the Gathering sets have featured the gem boardsingle colors in their story, but in Puzzle Quest, only [[Throne of Eldraine]].<br> [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Eldraine Eldraine]'s Kingdoms: White: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ardenvale Ardenvale]. Blue: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Vantress Vantress]. Black: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Locthwain Locthwain]. Red: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Embereth Embereth]. Green: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Garenbrig Garenbrig]. [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ravnica Ravnica] Guilds (2 color), the Clans of [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Tarkir Tarkir] (3 color), and the Shards of [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Alara Alara] (3 color), have given their names to the combinations of colors. The Planes of [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ikoria Ikoria] and [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Capenna Capenna] are distinguished by flows of the same three color mana combinations as Tarkir and Alara, respectively. There may be stories of the four color combinations, but if so, they are not yet widely known:<br>Glint: No White. Dune: No Blue. Ink: No Black. Witch: No Red. Yore: No Green. === Dual color: Ravnica Guilds ===The Ravnica cycle of [[Guilds of Ravnica]], [[Ravnica Allegiance]], where and [[War of the Spark]] introduced the current names for two-color combinations. There are multiple Planeswalkers for each.==== Complementary ====:{{W|38}}{{U|38}} Azorius: White/Blue:{{W|38}}{{G|38}} Selesnya: Green/White:{{U|38}}{{B|38}} Dimir: Blue/Black:{{B|38}}{{R|38}} Rakdos: Black/Red:{{R|38}}{{G|38}} Gruul: Red/Green==== Opposed ====:{{W|38}}{{B|38}} Orzhov: White/Black:{{W|38}}{{R|38}} Boros: White/Red:{{U|38}}{{R|38}} Izzet: Blue/Red:{{U|38}}{{G|38}} Simic: Blue/Green:{{B|38}}{{G|38}} Golgari: Black/Green ==== Strixhaven ====[[Strixhaven]] Schools of magic represented Opposed colors by new names.:{{W|38}}{{B|38}} Silverquill:{{W|38}}{{R|38}} Lorehold :{{U|38}}{{R|38}} Prismari :{{U|38}}{{G|38}} Quandrix :{{B|38}}{{G|38}} Witherbloom === Tri color: Clans of Tarkir ===Wedge. Two consecutive colors at the "blunt" end opposing one match leads color at the "sharp" end. [[Narset of the Ancient Way]] is Jeskai. [[Sarkhan Unbroken]], originally Mardu, joined Temur. [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] uses the same colors of magic as, but is otherwise unrelated to another, Mardu.:{{W|38}}{{U|38}}{{R|38}} Jeskai: White/Blue/Red:{{W|38}}{{B|38}}{{R|38}} Mardu: White/Black/Red:{{W|38}}{{B|38}}{{G|38}} Abzan: White/Black/Green:{{U|38}}{{B|38}}{{G|38}} Sultai: Blue/Black/Green:{{U|38}}{{R|38}}{{G|38}} Temur: Red/Green/Blue

In events which ==== Ikoria triomes ====The triomes of [[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]] are wedges of mana as Tarkir.:{{W|20}}{{U|20}}{{R|20}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Raugrin Raugrin]:{{W|20}}{{B|20}}{{R|20}} [Portalhttps://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Savai Savai]:Events#Icon descriptions{{W|20}}{{B|Supercharged20}}{{G|20}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Indatha Indatha]:{{U|20}}{{B|20}}{{G|20}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Zagoth Zagoth], each colour match provides an additional 3 mana:{{U|20}}{{R|20}}{{G|20}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ketria Ketria]

===CardsTri color: Shards of Alara ===Mana can also be gained from certain 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. [[CardLord Windgrace]] uses Jund.:{{W|cards38}}{{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] which provide mana when played, or while in play: White/Blue/Green:{{W|38}}{{R|38}}{{G|38}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Naya Naya]: Red/Green/White:{{U|38}}{{B|38}}{{R|38}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Grixis Grixis]: Blue/Black/Red:{{B|38}}{{R|38}}{{G|38}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Jund Jund]: Black/Red/Green

===Planeswalker abilities= Streets of New Capenna ====Some The crime families of New Capenna channel the same three [[color]] Arc, or Shard, mana combinations as in [portalhttps:Planeswalkers//mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Alara Alara]. :{{W|Planeswalkers25}}{{U|25}}{{B|25}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Obscura Obscura]:{{W|25}}{{U|25}}{{G|25}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Brokers Brokers] have Loyalty abilities which provide mana:{{W|25}}{{R|25}}{{G|25}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cabaretti Cabaretti]:{{U|25}}{{B|25}}{{R|25}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Maestros Maestros]:{{B|25}}{{R|25}}{{G|25}} [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Riveteers Riveteers]

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