How many lands should be in a modern deck?

The basic rule of thumb is that you play 17-18 lands in a 40 card deck, and 24 lands in a 60 card deck. If you are playing more than a couple cards with mana costs of five or higher, increase the number of lands.

How many lands are limited?

Conventional wisdom is to run around 40% lands in Limited. This means around 12-13 lands for a 30-card deck, and 16-18 lands for a 40-card deck. Typically, you see three variations. Aggressive, low-curve decks (which curve out at at four or five) will run as few as 11/16 lands.

What does a good mana curve look like?

The ideal is curving out perfectly with a one-drop on turn one, a two-drop on turn two, and so on (which amounts to spending 1+2+3+4+5=15 mana over the course of the first five turns). Such a perfect curve would typically beat an opponent who only manages to cast, say, 10 mana worth of cards in the first five turns.

How do you calculate a mana curve?

The general way you lay out a mana curve is from left to right with a pile for each converted mana cost, with the lowest converted mana cost cards in the leftmost pile, the highest on the right, and a pile for each other mana cost in between in ascending order.

What is a good mana curve for Commander?

Curve isn’t the least important thing; I find that having a good curve means you can start playing 2 (and later 3) spells per turn once you get to the late game a few turns earlier than your opponents, which can be huge. I’d say the average you want to keep is 3.5-4. Most of my decks fall in that range.

How are converted mana costs calculated?

The converted mana cost of an object is determined by counting the total amount of mana in its mana cost, regardless of color. Special mana symbols: {W/U} adds 1, {2/W} adds 2, {W/P} adds 1.

What is the mana cost of a token?

Generally, tokens have a converted mana cost of 0 because they do not have a mana cost. This makes cards like Displacement Wave and Steel Hellkite (a Commander favorite) incredibly effective against tokens. The one exception is token copies, that is, tokens produced as a copy of another permanent.

Can Sun Titan return lands?

Yes. Sun Titan says “Permanent with cmc less than three” so you can put a land (Permanent with cmc of 0) onto the battlefield.

Do lands have a converted mana cost?

Lands have a CMC (converted mana cost) of 0. They are put into play from Genesis Wave.

Do lands have 0 CMC?

If a card in your graveyard has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it’s a land card, for example), its converted mana cost is 0.

Does UGIN exile lands?

Ugins ability hits anything with color. Lands have no color, so they dont get exiled. Yes, Ugin is colourless and would trigger his sanctum. Then Shrine of the Forsaken Gods can be used to cast him…

Is hybrid mana multicolored?

Yes Rakdos Cackler and others with hybrid mana cost are multicolored regardless of how they are paid for.

Does hybrid mana count for devotion?

Devotion counts only mana symbols in your permanents’ mana costs—the cost in the upper right corner of the card. Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their colors.

Can you use hybrid mana in Commander?

First, you are limited to cards that have mana symbols on them that match the mana symbols on your commander’s card. The rule, though, applies only to mana symbols. Hybrid cards have both mana symbols on them, meaning that you can’t play a hybrid card unless you are playing both of its colors.

What is hybrid mana?

Hybrid mana (also known as half-half mana) is a type of mana first introduced in Ravnica: City of Guilds. Each hybrid mana symbol represents a cost which can be paid with one of two colors.

What is phyrexian mana?

A mana symbol that represents a cost that can be paid either by spending colored mana or by paying life. A Phyrexian mana symbol represents a cost that can be paid either with one mana of its color or by paying 2 life.

Does extort count as color identity?

mana symbol on creatures with the Extort ability. It is considered part of the reminder text, not part of the rules text, so it doesn’t determine color identity.