Is swamp a black card?

Can he do that, or is a swamp not considered a black permanent? A: He can't do this. Although lands do count as permanents, they don't have a color. A card's color is defined by the symbols in the mana cost, and since lands have no mana cost, they are colorless.
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Are swamps considered black?

Color identity counts all mana symbols appearing anywhere on the card. This concept is exclusive to commander, though, and while a swamp has a color identity of black, Swamps are still colorless.
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Are swamps black cards MTG?

Does Swamp count? No. It has no mana cost, meaning it has no black mana symbols in its mana cost, so it is not black.
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What is black best at MTG?

Black's mastery of death magic makes it the most powerful color for destroying creatures and Planeswalkers — though its ability to remove enemy artifacts and enchantments is almost nil.
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What are black Magic cards?

Rules
  • A black card is defined as any card that has in its mana cost or any card that has a black color indicator. ...
  • Up until and including Mercadian Masques, black had access to temporary mana boosts, primarily in the form of Dark Ritual.
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Magic the Gathering: How Does Black Work!?



How many black MTG cards are there?

Based on the total number of cards released in the Alpha, Beta and Unlimited sets, it seems that roughly 22,800 Black Lotus cards were printed.
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Is black evil in MTG?

So yes, black mages often can be evil. But black as a color is not inherently evil. Being influenced by black's philosophies does not necessarily mean that one will commit an evil act. That being the case, we cannot say that black represents evil.
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What is the weakest color in MTG?

White is the weakest color.
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Is Liliana dead MTG?

She is dead to the Multiverse, her survival known only to Kaya, Teyo Verada, and Araithia Shokta. Having freed herself from all her demonic contracts as well as from the Onakke Chain Veil, she relocated to Fiora where she lived under the alias Ana Iora.
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What is the strongest color combination in Magic?

Blue-Black

Blue and black tend to combine to make up the most value-iest of combos. In most formats, this pair is a control deck, with solid black removal and blue card-drawing overpowering traditional decks through card advantage.
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Is a swamp a black spell?

Can he do that, or is a swamp not considered a black permanent? A: He can't do this. Although lands do count as permanents, they don't have a color. A card's color is defined by the symbols in the mana cost, and since lands have no mana cost, they are colorless.
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What color is swamp in MTG?

With mana you will put out creatures, instants, sorcery spells, enchantments, and artifacts. You usually only have twenty lands in a deck so you need to have a good balance of spell costs. Black is the swamps of the game.
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Can ancient stirrings get land?

In this deck, Ancient Stirrings finds anything and everything – it can grab Tron lands to complete Tron, the finishers to cast with seven or more mana, Oblivion Stone and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon to clear the board, Walking Ballista and Spatial Contortion for spot removal, and even the measly Chromatic Spheres and ...
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Do lands have color identity?

Lands. symbol printed on it, and has no basic land type; thus, it has no color identity. (In Commander format rules, cards like Wastes with no color identity can appear in any deck, regardless of its commander.) appears in its rules text.
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Does all dust destroy lands?

All is Dust also destroys colored land right? Yes, if either player controls any colored lands they would be sacrificed.
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Do lands count as colored permanents?

No to both. Lands are colorless unless they either explicitly state otherwise or something else makes them colored (like Painter's Servant).
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Why is Nissa black?

Nissa has primarily been a Mono-Green planeswalker throughout her history, with the exception of Nissa, Steward of Elements where the color Blue was added to her. Revealed as the third planeswalker in ZNR today, she's acquired the color Black as a mana cost in Nissa of Shadowed Boughs.
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Is Jace dead MTG?

After fleeing for their lives from Bolas's forces, Jace succumbed to frostbite and lost a toe. This was the least of his injuries though, as Tezzeret used his manablade to torture Jace for having failed despite his inexperience and the vast difference between his power and that which Bolas possessed.
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Who dies War of the Spark?

Gideon Jura, Domri Rade, and Dack Fayden all died in War of the Spark. When Doug first proposed the Bolas Arc many, many years ago, the story, culminating in a giant Planeswalker war, was a part of it—so from the very beginning.
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What color has the most cards MTG?

White by and far has more cycle cards than any other color in Magic, due to the various 'protection' type spells it is given.
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What is the second most powerful color?

Blue is the most well-liked color and the second most powerful color.
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What is golgari?

The Golgari Swarm is a black/green guild from the plane and city of Ravnica. Introduced in Ravnica: City of Guilds, the guild is also featured in Return to Ravnica, the Izzet vs. Golgari set and in Guilds of Ravnica.
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What is dimir?

Background. House Dimir is a guild of secrecy, manipulation, and underhanded deals. They are a shadowy organization operating behind the scenes to twist Ravnica to its own ends.
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What does the color black mean in Magic?

The color black in and of itself isn't bad — it's actually most often associated with protection, uncrossing, and can be used to ward off any negative vibes that may be thrown your way.
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