Phyrexian hybrid mana

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Phyrexian Hybrid Mana
Mechanic
Introduced	Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Last used	Phyrexia: All Will Be One
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Phyrexian hybrid mana is — as the name implies — hybrid mana and Phyrexian mana at the same time. It can be paid in three different ways, by paying either one of the two colors or 2 life. It was introduced in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty on Tamiyo, Compleated Sage.

Description

Compleation is the process by which one becomes Phyrexian. So far, all spells that have Phyrexian hybrid mana are planeswalkers that also have the compleated keyword ability. While Phyrexian mana has been known as difficult to balance, its tie with compleated solves several of its problems. Its link to a planeswalker's starting loyalty decreases the effectiveness of that planeswalker in proportion to the decreased mana cost.

History

Tamiyo, Compleated Sage debuted hybrid Phyrexian mana along with the compleated keyword ability. Paying life allows you cast Tamiyo perhaps a turn sooner, but she'll enter with two fewer loyalty counters. It was next used with Ajani, Sleeper Agent (Dominaria United) before a further two cards were added in Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Lukka, Bound to Ruin and Nahiri, the Unforgiving). At the conclusion of the Phyrexian Arc, only four of the ten color pairs had Phyrexian hybrid mana—two allied color pairs (, ) and two enemy color pairs (, ).

The other six symbols are described in the comprehensive rules, but were never printed on a card: , , , , & .

With New Phyrexia currently phased out of the Multiverse, new cards featuring Phyrexian hybrid mana are unlikely to appear outside of a supplemental set.

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

Hybrid Card

A card with one or more hybrid mana symbols in its mana cost. See rule 202.2f.

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

Hybrid Phyrexian Mana Symbols

A mana symbol that represents a cost that can be paid in one of three ways. See rule 107.4.

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

Phyrexian Mana Symbol

A mana symbol that represents a cost that can be paid either by spending colored mana or by paying life. See rule 107.4.

From the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

• 107.4. The mana symbols are {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, and {C}; the numerical symbols {0}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, and so on; the variable symbol {X}; the hybrid symbols {W/U}, {W/B}, {U/B}, {U/R}, {B/R}, {B/G}, {R/G}, {R/W}, {G/W}, and {G/U}; the monocolored hybrid symbols {2/W}, {2/U}, {2/B}, {2/R}, {2/G}, {C/W}, {C/U}, {C/B}, {C/R}, and {C/G}; the Phyrexian mana symbols {W/P}, {U/P}, {B/P}, {R/P}, and {G/P}; the hybrid Phyrexian symbols {W/U/P}, {W/B/P}, {U/B/P}, {U/R/P}, {B/R/P}, {B/G/P}, {R/G/P}, {R/W/P}, {G/W/P}, and {G/U/P}; and the snow mana symbol {S}.

From the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

• 107.4e A hybrid mana symbol is also a colored mana symbol, even if one of its components is colorless. Each one represents a cost that can be paid in one of two ways, as represented by the two halves of the symbol. A hybrid symbol such as {W/U} can be paid with either white or blue mana, and a monocolored hybrid symbol such as {2/B} can be paid with either one black mana or two mana of any type. A hybrid mana symbol is all of its component colors.

  Example: {G/W}{G/W} can be paid by spending {G}{G}, {G}{W}, or {W}{W}.

From the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

• 107.4f Phyrexian mana symbols are colored mana symbols: {W/P} is white, {U/P} is blue, {B/P} is black, {R/P} is red, and {G/P} is green. A Phyrexian mana symbol represents a cost that can be paid either with one mana of its color or by paying 2 life. There are also ten hybrid Phyrexian mana symbols. A hybrid Phyrexian mana symbol represents a cost that can be paid with one mana of either of its component colors or by paying 2 life. A hybrid Phyrexian mana symbol is both of its component colors.

  Example: {W/P}{W/P} can be paid by spending {W}{W}, by spending {W} and paying 2 life, or by paying 4 life.

From the Comprehensive Rules (July 25, 2025—Edge of Eternities)

• 107.4g In rules text, the Phyrexian symbol {H} with no colored background means any of the fifteen Phyrexian mana symbols.

Rulings

• You choose whether to pay colored mana or 2 life as you begin to cast the spell, at the same time you would choose modes or a value for X in a spell.
• A hybrid Phyrexian mana symbol is counted the same way as a normal mana symbol when determining the mana value of a card. Specifically, Tamiyo's mana value is always 5, even if you pay and 2 life to cast her.
• Phyrexian is not a color nor a type of mana, and players cannot add Phyrexian mana. It's just a symbol that gives you another way to pay for a spell or ability.