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November 17

mtg: are planeswalkers' mana source abilities usable only during main phases?

mtg: are planeswalkers' mana source abilities usable only during main phases? thanx --192.35.17.11 (talk) 18:20, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Translation, please. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:50, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

"mtg" = Magic: The Gathering, "planeswalkers" = powerful wizard-type character in the game, "mana" = magic points or units of magical power, "main phase" = part of turn between the "beginning phase" and the "combat phase". No idea on the answer. ---Sluzzelin talk 18:58, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

This forum says "Activated abilities of planeswalkers can only be played when you could play a sorcery. So no, you can't play it during your opponent's turn." [1], [2] - I think this is basically the same as main phase, because I don't think you can play a sorcery outside of main phase. But I haven't played the game in over a decade, so you might want to ask at a specific MTG forum, like one of the two I linked above. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:38, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Strangely enough, we have an article on it: Magic: The Gathering rules#Planeswalkers says "a single planeswalker may only use one loyalty ability once per turn, and only on its controller's turn during his or her main phase." Organics ^talk 09:55, 18 November 2014 (UTC)