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Cathodion

Card Name

Cathodion

Mana Cost

3

Type

Artifact Creature – Construct

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

When Cathodion dies, add .

Flavor Text

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

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.