Permanent

A permanent is an object in play. Permanents are typically at least one (and possibly more) of the following:

• Land
• Creature
• Artifact
• Enchantment

A permanent need not necessarily be one of the above types. There are circumstances, such as using Vedalken Entrancer's ability to remove the artifact type from an artifact being animated by March of the Machines, in which a permanent can be completely typeless.

A permanent is represented either by a card or token.