Mana

From Magic: The Gathering

Mana is Magic The Gathering's energy, which is used in order to cast spells. Mana is most usually acquired by tapping lands.

In the world of magic, Mana is ussually gathered in one of a few different ways that are mirrored in the card game.

• Gathering power from the land itself. Most mages in magic picture a certain spot from their memory, like mountains or an island or beach (...ect) and accumulate the magic in their mind. From there they can shape it into spells. This is shown through the tapping of lands for mana.
• Powerful artifacts can supply power to fuel spells. on Ravnica, there are many artifacts infused with mana to make easier access. the most famos mana-making artifact is the Mirari. in the card game, the most powerful of these are the Black Lotus and the Moxes.

Although tapping lands is most common there are some creatures and artifacts that produce mana also. Each player has a Mana Pool in which they store energy.

[edit] Colors of Mana

Mana comes in different colors, each having a different personality and produced by different lands.

• White, the color of order, healing, justice, and light (basically "good"). It's produced by plains.
• Blue, the color of knowledge, reason, and trickery, as well as air and water. It's produced by islands.
• Black, the color of death, darkness, despair, selfishness, and amorality (essentially "evil"). It's produced by swamps.
• Red, the color of chaos, destruction, war, and fury, as well as lightning and fire. It's produced by mountains.
• Green, the color of life, nature, growth, instinct, and interdependence. It's produced by forests.