MTG Mechanics Cheat Sheet

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Keyword ability: A named ability the card has, with its own entry in the Comprehensive Rules. Flying, trample, ward.
Keyword action: A named thing a card tells you to do, also defined in the rules. Scry, mill, surveil.
Ability word: An italic label with no rules meaning at all (rule 207.2c). It only groups cards by theme — the card always spells out what actually happens. Landfall, delirium, ferocious.
Named mechanic: Not a keyword in the rules, and not tagged as one, so these are found by reading card text: counter types, token types, the Ring, dungeons.

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A mechanic shows if it appears on at least one card of a type left ticked.

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