- Commander Nexus
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Cantrip
A cheap or that replaces itself: it has a small effect and draws a card, so it costs you no cards overall. Nexus counts a spell of 2 or less that draws exactly one card. Ponder, Opt
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A tag is one thing a card does, on its own, in a vacuum. Tags are the building blocks archetypes are made of.
Open the full glossarySorceryA one-use spell you can cast only on your own turn, in a main phase, when nothing else is waiting to resolve. After it resolves it goes to the graveyard.
Open the full glossaryCasting (short for Cast)To cast a spell is to put it on the stack and pay its cost, usually from your hand. Playing a land is not casting, and a copy of a spell is not cast either.Open the full glossaryCommanderThe legendary card that leads your deck, and the name of the format itself. Your commander starts the game in the command zone instead of in your deck, and you can cast it from there. If it leaves the battlefield you can send it back and cast it again, paying 2 more mana each extra time. It is usually a legendary creature; a few other cards say they can be your commander.
Open the full glossaryMana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.
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