Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire
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This printing
SetPLTR
Collector #229s
Released2023-06-23
Rarityrare
ArtistMatt Stewart
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo
ScryfallOpen ↗

Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire

RareColour IDMV 4
Legendary Creature — Avatar Rogue
Activated abilities of lands your opponents control can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Sharkey has all activated abilities of lands your opponents control except mana abilities.
Mana of any type can be spent to activate Sharkey's abilities.
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Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2023-06-23Newest 2023-11-03Cheapest priced $0.22 in LTR
Rulings (6)
wotc16 Jun 2023
Snow mana is not a type of mana. Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's last ability won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.
wotc16 Jun 2023
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
wotc16 Jun 2023
If an activated ability of a land an opponent controls references the card it's printed on by name, treat Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's version of that ability as though it referenced Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire by name instead.
wotc16 Jun 2023
Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire gains only activated abilities, excluding activated mana abilities. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
wotc16 Jun 2023
Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's last ability uses a new template indicating that you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to activate Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's abilities. The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.
wotc16 Jun 2023
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.