![]() In Ninth Edition, the term "Aura" was introduced and the card type line changed to "Enchantment – Aura" with the previous text now appearing in the rules text. " Unlike creature, the Auras had the word "enchant," which at least strongly hinted at the cards being enchantments. When the game first came out, the card type line was "Enchant. Well, when the game began, that wasn't always true. How do you know what card type a card is? Because it's always right there on the type line. Two Different Card Types Weren't Fully Identified on the Card Type Line.These definitions started in early Magic but were gone by the time Revised (aka Third Edition) was published. With time, we would get better at having the cards have a consistent application (such as all the cards requiring tapping as a cost looking the same way). The interesting thing about the use of these three types is that they forced players to learn additional vocabulary to understand how the cards worked. Essentially, they are artifacts with activated abilities that don't require tapping.Ĭontinuous artifacts were ones with an ongoing global effect. Poly artifacts were artifacts that had an ability that could be used multiple times. They could be used once per turn, as using them tapped them. Mono artifacts were one that essentially had a tap symbol (although that wouldn't exist yet-I'll get to that in a moment). If you look at the type line, you'll see the three types of noncreature artifacts: mono, poly, and continuous. Noncreature Artifacts Originally Came in Three Varieties.The mana source card type lasted until Sixth Edition rules change when it was clear that the game could handle the mana issues without creating an entirely new card type that was causing lots of confusion. Mana source was created in the Fifth Edition rules as a card type so the game could treat cards that were providing mana differently from the rest. It existed because there were problems at the time dealing with getting mana from spells in time to be able to cast the spells. ![]() Mana source was a card type used on any nonpermanent card that produced mana. It wasn't there when the game began and it didn't last very long, so it doesn't even appear on that many printed cards. Odds are they are going to forget mana source. Ask someone to name every card type Magic has ever had. ![]() If you ever want to win a Magic bar bet, try this one.
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