Cathodion

Mana Cost

Type

Artifact Creature – Construct

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

When Cathodion dies, add

to your mana pool.

Flavor Text

Instead of creating a tool that would be damaged by heat, the Thran built one that was charged by it.

Artist

P/T

3/3

Set

Number

234

printings (0)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)

The ability is never a mana ability.

(1/25/2011)

You get the mana whether you want it or not. If you don't spend it, it will disappear at the end of the current step (or phase).

(1/25/2011)

The triggered ability isn't a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.