Mana Short (Seventh Edition) - Gatherer

Mana Short

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Mana Short

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.

Flavor Text:

"Remove their power, and their will to fight will follow."

—Tolarian wizard

Expansion:

Seventh Edition

Rarity:

Rare

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Artist:

Greg Staples

Rulings

10/4/2004	Since this is an instant, your opponent may use instants in response to the casting of this spell. Note that such spells and abilities will be resolved before the mana pool is emptied by the Mana Short. This makes it useless as a countermeasure for spells. To use it effectively, you need to use it during Upkeep and even then it will not prevent the use of instant spells and abilities.
10/4/2004	If you play Mana Short in response to a spell, it will have no effect on that spell since the mana has already been paid.
10/4/2004	It even taps lands that do not produce mana.