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Mana Short
RareColour IDMV 3
Instant
Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
14 other English printingsEarliest 1993-08-05Newest 2024-08-02Cheapest priced $0.38 in MB2
mb2· #166
2024-08-02$0.38
30a· #65
2022-11-28$21.99
30a· #362
2022-11-28$149.99
wc02· #cr86sb
2002-12-01$2.44
7ed· #86★
2001-04-11$70.47
6ed· #80
1999-04-21$2.84
4ed· #85
1995-04-01$2.36
sum· #67
1994-06-21—
3ed· #67
1994-04-11$3.05
cei· #66
1993-12-10$12.00
ced· #66
1993-12-10$16.98
2ed· #66
1993-12-01$47.63
leb· #66
1993-10-04$189.99
lea· #65
1993-08-05$699.99
Rulings (3)
wotc4 Oct 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 mana is removed by 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.
wotc4 Oct 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.
wotc4 Oct 2004
It even taps lands that do not produce mana.
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