WUBRG

WUBRG (/wu'bɜːɹg/, from the phonetic transcription of the mana symbols ) is a term used for one of each colored mana; white, blue, black, red, and green.

Cards with WUBRG mana cost

There are only a few cards with mana cost. Most of them are legendary.

• Who/What/When/Where/Why is a five-color instant card, but only has one color when cast.
• Transguild Courier and Sphinx of the Guildpact are five-colored cards, but cost generic mana to play. Fallaji Wayfarer has a similar ability, but its mana cost also includes green mana.
• Awaken the Maelstrom and O-Kagachi Made Manifest are the back faces of cards that cost WUBRG to cast and are themselves five-colored.

Creatures

• 1996 World Champion (only one copy of this card exists)
• Atogatog
• Child of Alara
• Chromanticore
• Cromat
• Fusion Elemental
• Garth One-Eye
• Horde of Notions
• Jodah, the Unifier
• Karona, False God
• Maelstrom Archangel
• Nira, Hellkite Duelist (Heroes of the Realm)
• Niv-Mizzet Reborn
• Niv-Mizzet, Supreme
• Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
• O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
• Omnath, Locus of All
• Primeval Spawn
• Progenitus
• Reaper King (uses monocolor hybrid i.e. pay or a color)
• Rukarumel, Biologist
• Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• Slivdrazi Monstrosity (Mystery Booster)
• Sliver Gravemother
• Sliver Hivelord
• Sliver Legion
• Sliver Overlord
• Sliver Queen
• The First Sliver
• The Ur-Dragon
• Tiamat
• Tom Bombadil
• Two-Headed Hellkite

Instants

• Unite the Coalition

Battles

• Invasion of Alara

Sorceries

• Begin the Invasion
• Coalition Victory
• Conflux
• Iridian Maelstrom
• Last Stand
• Meeting of the Five

Enchantments

• Genju of the Realm
• Maelstrom Nexus
• Sanctum of All
• The Kami War
• The Prismatic Bridge (back face of Esika, God of the Tree)
• Wizard from Beyond (Heroes of the Realm)

Planeswalkers

• Ersta, Friend to All (Heroes of the Realm)
• Jared Carthalion
• Urza, Academy Headmaster (Unstable)

Cards that add WUBRG

Some cards can add .

• Andrios, Roaming Explorer (Heroes of the Realm)
• Bloom Tender (if you control permanents in all colors)
• Cascading Cataracts
• Channel the Suns
• Codie, Vociferous Codex
• Composite Golem
• Crystal Quarry
• Faeburrow Elder (if you control permanents in all colors)
• Jegantha, the Wellspring (cannot be spent as generic mana)
• Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
• Kaleidostone
• Krosa (Only when chaos ensues)
• Leyline Immersion (Add five mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast spells)
• Meeting of the Five
• Opening Ceremony (plus )
• Rainbow Dash (Secret Lair Drop Series: Ponies: The Galloping 2 - Extra Life 2023) — only if you're 100% cool.
• Ramos, Dragon Engine
• Timeless Lotus

Cards that reduce costs by WUBRG

• Morophon, the Boundless — Only for creature spells of the chosen type.
• Vorthos, Steward of Myth (Unfinity) — Only for cards with the Magic character named in its first ability.

Cards with WUBRG activation cost

Some cards require to activate an ability.

• Chamber Sentry
• Courier's Briefcase
• Door to Nothingness
• Dragonsoul Knight
• Etched Monstrosity
• Ezio Auditore da Firenze
• Fabled Path of Searo Point (Heroes of the Realm)
• Fleshformer
• General Tazri
• Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
• Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
• Horde of Notions
• Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• Legacy Weapon
• Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
• Paragon of the Amesha
• Path To The World Tree
• Princess Twilight Sparkle (Ponies: The Galloping)
• Prism Array
• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
• Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
• Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch
• Widespread Thieving — Triggered ability
• The World Tree

Some have multiple abilities which require to activate them all.

• Kenrith, the Returned King — Has one ability of each color
• Obelisk of Alara — Has one ability of each color
• Cromat — Has one ability of each enemy color pairing.

Cards with WUBRG replacement cost

• The Bringer cycle from Fifth Dawn allows you to pay to cast them instead of their considerably higher mana costs.
  • Bringer of the Black Dawn
  • Bringer of the Blue Dawn
  • Bringer of the Green Dawn
  • Bringer of the Red Dawn
  • Bringer of the White Dawn
• Worldheart Phoenix can be cast from your graveyard by paying .
• Fist of Suns and Jodah, Archmage Eternal allow you to pay instead of any spell's mana cost.
• Etched Oracle Avatar (Magic Online Vanguard) allows you to pay instead of any spell's mana cost.

See also

• Multicolored