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'''Cycling''' is a [[keyword ability]] that allows a player to pay a cost that includes discarding the card. When the activated ability resolves, that player draws a card. Cycling has been perennially popular and has been featured in more [[block]]s than any other non-[[evergreen]] keyword, appearing in the [[Urza block|Urza]], [[Onslaught block|Onslaught]], [[Time Spiral block|Time Spiral]], and [[Alara block]]s. | '''Cycling''' is a [[keyword ability]] that allows a player to pay a cost that includes discarding the card. When the activated ability resolves, that player draws a card. Cycling has been perennially popular and has been featured in more [[block]]s than any other non-[[evergreen]] keyword, appearing in the [[Urza block|Urza]], [[Onslaught block|Onslaught]], [[Time Spiral block|Time Spiral]], and [[Alara block]]s. | ||
''[[Alara Reborn]]'' introduced cards with [[Hybrid mana|hybrid]] cycling costs. | |||
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A variant of the ability, '''typecycling''', allows the player to search his or her library for a card of a given [[subtype]] instead of drawing the top card of their library. The first cards with this ability appeared in ''[[Scourge]]'' and allowed a player to search for a [[land]] card with a specific land type. ''[[Future Sight]]'' then expanded the ability to search for cards with a specific creature type. ''[[Conflux]]'' introduced [[basic land]] cycling. | A variant of the ability, '''typecycling''', allows the player to search his or her library for a card of a given [[subtype]] instead of drawing the top card of their library. The first cards with this ability appeared in ''[[Scourge]]'' and allowed a player to search for a [[land]] card with a specific land type. ''[[Future Sight]]'' then expanded the ability to search for cards with a specific creature type. ''[[Conflux]]'' introduced [[basic land]] cycling. | ||
''[[Alara Reborn]]'' introduced the first cards with two landcycling abilities. | |||
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Revision as of 19:57, 16 May 2009
Cycling is a keyword ability that allows a player to pay a cost that includes discarding the card. When the activated ability resolves, that player draws a card. Cycling has been perennially popular and has been featured in more blocks than any other non-evergreen keyword, appearing in the Urza, Onslaught, Time Spiral, and Alara blocks.
Alara Reborn introduced cards with hybrid cycling costs.
Typecycling
A variant of the ability, typecycling, allows the player to search his or her library for a card of a given subtype instead of drawing the top card of their library. The first cards with this ability appeared in Scourge and allowed a player to search for a land card with a specific land type. Future Sight then expanded the ability to search for cards with a specific creature type. Conflux introduced basic land cycling.
Alara Reborn introduced the first cards with two landcycling abilities.
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