Mathemagics
This is the sum total of all mana in a spell's mana cost, independent of color or alternative payment options.
What is the spell's "Mana Value"?
The acronym for the five colors in Magic: The Gathering.
What is WUBRG?
Combat in Magic: The Gathering is made up of 5 distinct steps, including this one, in which a defending player often chooses how to respond to an attack.
What is the "Declare Blockers" step?
A creature with this ability cannot be blocked unless the opposing creature has at least one of two abilities, including this one.
What is "Flying"?
If a spell with an "X" in its Mana Cost is not on the stack, "X" is this value.
What is "Zero"?
Outside of the 5 colors exists a "colorless" mana. This basic land produces "colorless" mana that can only be used to pay "colorless" and "generic" mana costs.
What are "Wastes"?
Indestructible creatures are difficult to remove from the battlefield. One way in which they can be removed is by putting them into this zone, which is often more permanent than the graveyard.
What is "Exile"?
A creature with this ability does not become "tapped" when it attacks.
What is "Vigilance"?
If the abilities of multiple cards trigger one another in an uncontrollable loop, this occurs.
What is a game-ending draw?
Colors in the Magic: The Gathering universe are mechanically and narratively aligned or opposed with one another. The colors "Blue" and "Green" are allies with this color.
What is "White"?
When a 1/2 with "First Strike" and "Deathtouch" fights a 1/1 with "Double Strike", this is the outcome.
What is the 1/1 with "Double Strike" dies?
A creature or player with this ability cannot be targeted.
What is "Shroud"?
Fireball's Mana Cost is (X)(R), with an additional cost of (1) for every target beyond the first. It deals X damage (distributed evenly and rounded down) to each target of the spell.
A fireball that targets and destroys a 1/1 Squirrel, a 2/2 Goblin, and a 3/3 Elemental would have this total mana cost.
What is 12? (1 Red mana in the Mana Cost, 2 generic mana to target the 2 additional creatures, and 9 generic mana to deal enough damage to kill all three creatures when spread evenly and rounded down.)
This color is known for playing fast, with an emphasis on creating an early-game advantage through low-mana-cost spells, and keywords like "haste".
What is "Red"?
When defending player blocks an attacking creature and then sacrifices their creature before damage is calculated, the attacking creature is in this state.
What is "Blocked"?
A group of related abilities that make creatures unblockable if the defending opponent controls specific basic lands.
What is "Landwalk"?
When performing card combos, all results must be finite integers. If a combination of card effects results in a number that is finite, but also this, it is treated as a "zero" for the purposes of resolving the interaction.
What is "Incalculable"?
Color combinations in Magic: The Gathering have names tied to the specific expansions that focused on the identities of those color combinations. The three-color combinations were named after the Shards of Alara and the Clans of Tarkir. The two-color combinations were named after the guilds of this city.
What is "Ravnica"?
What is 8 damage? (1 damage is assigned as "lethal" due to "Deathtouch", and the remaining 4 damage is carried through due to "Trample". This occurs twice due to "Double Strike".)
You may cast a creature with this ability by exiling cards from your graveyard to pay for some or all of its generic mana cost.
What is "Delve"?