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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 | '''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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 14:47, 22 September 2008
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.
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.
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