How much mana should be in a magic 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 spell cards are in a magic deck?

Most Magic players have probably heard the term “mana curve” before, but not many players actually know what that means. Mana curve refers to how expensive each of the spells in your deck are. If you take your 60-card deck and put each spell in a pile based on how much mana it costs, how many cards are in each pile?

How does Mulligan work in magic?

To take a mulligan, a player shuffles the cards in their hand back into their library, draws a new hand of cards equal to their starting hand size, then puts a number of those cards equal to the number of times that player has taken a mulligan on the bottom of their library in any order.

What is considered an activated ability in magic?

602.1c An activated ability is the only kind of ability that can be activated. If an object or rule refers to activating an ability without specifying what kind, it must be referring to an activated ability. 602.1d Previously, the action of using an activated ability was referred to on cards as “playing” that ability.