Mana washing
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| Mana washing | |
|---|---|
| Mechanic | |
| Introduced | Legends |
| Last used | Final Fantasy |
| Reminder Text | Mana of any color/type can be used to cast those spells |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
Mana washing is a slang term used by Magic R&D to describe effects that allows the player to spend mana as though it were mana of any color/type.[1] It is most commonly used to allow players to pay costs on cards that weren't initially in their deck but they have since gained access to.
Two cards, Kentaro, the Smiling Cat and Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv, have a related ability where they provide an alternative mana cost of 
of the card's mana value.
Rules
From the Comprehensive Rules (September 19, 2025—Marvel's Spider-Man)
- 609.4b If an effect allows a player to spend mana “as though it were mana of any [type or color],” this affects only how the player may pay a cost. It doesn’t change that cost, and it doesn’t change what mana was actually spent to pay that cost. The same is true for effects that say “mana of any type can be spent.”
References
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (September 27, 2019). "Throne of Eldraine Comprehensive Rules Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29.