Vivid

Vivid
Ability Word
Introduced	Lorwyn Eclipsed
Last used	Lorwyn Eclipsed
Typical Text	Vivid — ... the number of colors among permanents you control.
Scryfall Statistics
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Vivid is an ability word introduced in Lorwyn Eclipsed that counts the number of colors among permanents you control. This number is between zero and five.

Description

Vivid is a mechanic that rewards collecting permanents of many colors. While ostensibly this requires building a five-color deck, it is also something achievable by putting several off-color hybrid cards into a two-color or monocolor deck. This was an experience that was previously seen during Shadowmoor with its heavy hybrid focus.

Each vivid ability uses this number in a different way. If it's in the effect of an activated ability or triggered ability, you count the number of colors among permanents you control as that ability resolves. Note that lands are usually colorless, so they won't help vivid abilities unless something gives them a color, although this is unusual.

Vivid as a name calls back to the Vivid lands, a cycle of five-color lands from Lorwyn. Vivid was first explored with Eventide's Bloom Tender, which is the most common application of Vivid prior to becoming an ability word: Faeburrow Elder (Throne of Eldraine) and Tarnation Vista (The Big Score) are similar. Soul of Ravnica and Chromatic Orrery both draw cards, and Conqueror's Flail produces a stat boost. Other proto-Vivid abilities use subsets of permanents, such as Earthen Ally (Allies), Sisay, Weatherlight Captain (Legendary), and Tarnation Vista (monocolored). More broadly, some cards do a certain action for each color, but they are not focused on permanents, rather looking at cards in graveyard or library.

Examples

Example

Shinestriker
Creature — Elemental
3/3
Flying
Vivid — When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of colors among permanents you control.

Rulings

TBA