Card Types
From Magic: The Gathering
Every Magic card has at least one type, and some have a supertype and/or a subtype. Also, every card can be categorized as a land or spell and a permanent or nonpermanent.
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[edit] Card types
The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery, and tribal. Of these, only instants and sorceries are nonpermanents; every other card type is a permanent. Also, every card type that is not a land is a spell.
[edit] Artifact
Artifact is a type of permanent and may have the subtype Contraption, Equipment, or Fortification. Artifacts may share the card type creature, land, or tribal.
[edit] Creature
Creature is a type of permanent and will have one or more creature subtypes. All creatures have a power and a toughness and are the only card type that can attack or block.
[edit] Enchantment
Enchantment is a type of permanent and may have the subtype Aura or tribal.
[edit] Instant
Instant is a type of nonpermanent and may have the subtype Arcane or Tribal. Instants and spells with Flash are the only card types that can be played on either player's turn.
[edit] Land
Land is a type of permanent and may have the subtype Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, or Swamp. (There are other less common land subtypes.) A land may be played only once per turn and only by the active player (the player whose turn it is) on his or her turn.
[edit] Planeswalker
Planeswalker is a type of permanent and may have one planeswalker subtype. All planeswalkers have a loyalty and three abilities that add or subtract loyalty. Only one of these abilities may be played per turn. Also, if two or more planeswalkers with the same planeswalker subtype are in play at the same time, they are all put into their owner's graveyard.
[edit] Sorcery
Sorcery is a type of nonpermanent and may have the subtype Arcane or Tribal.
[edit] Tribal
Tribal always has another card type associated with it and will have one or more creature subtypes. A tribal's "permanentness" is determined by the other card type.
[edit] Supertype
There are four different supertypes: basic, legendary, snow, and world. The super type world no longer truly exist and is a unseen part of the actual card type.
[edit] Basic
Some lands are basic, such as Forest. The supertype basic means that a player may have any number of that card in his or her deck.
[edit] Legendary
Some permanents are legendary. There may be only one of any legendary permanent with the same name in play at any one time. If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are in play at the same time, they are all put into their owner's graveyard. This is known as the legend rule. (There is one exception to this rule when the card "Mirror Gallery" is in play)
[edit] Snow
Some permanents have the supertype snow. Any mana produced by a snow permanent is considered snow mana in addition to its color. Also, snow permanents may be subject to certain effects designated by other cards.
[edit] World
Some enchantments have the supertype world. If two or more world enchantments are in play at the same time, they are all put into their owner's graveyard. these no longer exist in the extended and standard formats.
