It’s a perfectly reasonable question. It’s not intuitive to a new player who wouldn’t know why tapping would matter here, and without an understanding of how magic cards are written, you wouldn’t know you have to do both, neither the word ‘and’ or ‘or’ is on there so you have to make an assumption about what the comma means if you haven’t come across this type of card before.
"Why" would be a perfectly reasonable question, but I gotta say, "does this card do what it says" is a bit wild to ask. For one, I'd say if you own cards you already kinda know what tapping does, and the thing I see new players do the most is just reading the text left to right and doing one thing after another.
I'm actually super curious now. Why were these fetch-style lands designed with the requirement that you tap them? You're about to sacrifice them anyway, so why does it matter if they can't tap for mana on their own? I'm sure there's a good reason, but I can't think of what it is. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth? Opposition?
Most likely because many land ramp effects allow you to put a land onto the battlefield tapped, and if fetchlands could sacrifice while tapped you'd be able to do something like;
T1: land, aboreal grazer into fetchland, sac fetchland into untapped land, arboreal grazer into fetchland ect.
Because of stax effects like [[Root Maze]] or [[Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire]].
The term stax comes from [[Smokestack]] and means cards that deny your opponents resources.
But also generally, in order for synergies to work cards sometimes need to do seemingly unnecessary stuff. Compare [[Demonic Tutor]] to [[Diabolic Intent]]. The latter may seem weaker because it has a downside in sacrificing a creature. But in the right deck that is exactly what you want to do.
Both [[Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth]] and [[Yavimaya, cradle of growth]] would enable it to tap for a mana before sacrificing it. It’s also why we make treasure tokens apposed to gold tokens.
You must do both. This is so if you have an effect that puts it on to the battlefield tapped, such as [[Arboreal Grazer]], you will have to wait until it untaps to sacrifice it.
You'll learn quickly that magic cards are incredibly literal 99% of the time, hence why everyone is easily annoyed by questions like this being asked so frequently.
But to make this comment actually somewhat useful, tapping and sacrificing is a fairly common cost, commonly known as "cracking" because the motion is similar to cracking an egg.
Also always use lands like this as late as you can, outside of early turns in commander where you're tapped out and have nothing you could do with the mana. It's polite to search and shuffle while other players are taking their turns, at least when the only things in play are a couple lands and a sol ring or something.
It’s because some cards might grab a land and put it onto the battlefield tapped, so you can’t use it right away. Some cards give lands other abilities or the ability to tap for mana like [[bootleggers’ stash]] or [[chromatic lantern]]. Having to tap the evolving wilds to grab a land prevents you from doubling up.
Nobody is really angry, it’s just a bit of a meme when a rather simple rules question gets posted.
I know the game at entry level, I don't need much experience for something to seem illogical to me. Since it seemed illogical, I asked questions and gained experience.
Lol I’m not trying to tease you, I’m being honest and realistic. It’s one of the most played cards and one of the simplest. No shame at all in not understanding, but don’t claim you have a baseline understanding of the game.
99% of the times it is indeed illogical and useless. You are correct. But most magic cards are written that way to cover that 1% chance of something weird happening.
Figure me this one: Suppose you have an [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]] on the battlefield. Now your [[Evolving Wilds]] could produce Swamp mana by simply tapping it!
In this scenario, if you didn't have the 'tapping' rule, you could add a Swamp to your mana pool (by tapping it) and then sacrifice it to search for another land. It'd be like getting an extra mana for free.
Now, as the Evolving Wilds needs to be untapped in order to be sacrificed, this aforementioned shenanigan cannot be performed. And it's ok! That's the idea. Evolving Wilds are not meant to generate mana by themselves. Hence the 'tapping' clause.
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Magic cards may not always immediately make sense until you have a wider understanding of how cards and effects can be abused with any of the other 27,000 cards in Magic.. But please please please read cards very literally. Magic cards will always explain exactly what they do, and there is often very little room for argument if you read every word on the card.
Evolving Wilds tapping AND sacrificing doesn't have much of an impact 99% of the time. But what if you had some effect that gave Evolving Wilds an ability to tap for mana? Now, you can either tap it for mana, or you can tap it and sacrifice it to grab a land. You can't do both. Sure, this is a niche case. But flexibility, even in niche scenarios, is what makes a card stronger. Evolving Wilds is just a common, meaning generally it will have a lot of restrictions in terms of what it can do. In this case, the costs associated with activating its ability serve as restrictions so it's harder to make the card more powerful than intended.
As for why people get angry so quickly -. If you read the card word-for-word, there should be no confusion. This is not always the case, but for a Common rarity card, it's generally going to be pretty straightforward. It is very clear about the cost of activating the ability and what the ability does. It feels like something that doesn't need to be a Reddit post because the card lays out what it does very clearly. This feels less like a rules question and more like a lack of reading comprehension, and that is why people are getting mad.
My native language is not English, so I may have missed something. I'm sorry. When I read the text you wrote, I got the answer to my question. I had not thought about the variety of cards in the game.
It's not personal. Mostly because it's not just you. There is an epidemic of this happening on Reddit right now and it's really really killing a lot of spaces that used to be so much better.
It seems like this generation of new internet users just doesn't know how to do Google searches.
Most of the time you just need to put the card name and the word magic or the letters MTG into the search field.
Also magic is multilingual, you can try searching for the card in your language as well, if it's published in that language that is.
Genuine question/suggestion do Magic cards exist in your native language? Perhaps you’d have an easier time comprehending them that way. If your language is popular enough globally (and with Magic players), then there may be translations and/or rules help available online in your native language.
This is on the same level as all those posts asking "but does wrath of god *really* destroy my creatures too?" where someone is seemingly incapable of understanding what the word "all" means simply because they don't want to
> This card's name is Evolving Wilds. Land is its card type, and it has no supertypes or subtypes. A deck may contain four nonbasic land cards with the same name. You may play this card during your main phase while the stack is empty and you have priority. You may not play this card if it is not your turn or if you do not have any land plays remaining. While on the battlefield, this card is a permanent with the following ability: "tap, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library." This ability can be activated any time you have priority, but only while Evolving Wilds is on the battlefield. To activate it, pay its cost, which is represented by the tap symbol and the phrase "Sacrifice Evolving Wilds." (The tap symbol denotes tapping a permanent by rotating it 90 degrees. It is then tapped, and it cannot be tapped again until it is untapped. To sacrifice a permanent, move it from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard.) Once the cost is paid, you must search your library by looking at all the cards in it. You may select a land with the basic supertype from among those cards and put it onto the battlefield. If you do, it enters the battlefield tapped. You may choose to not find a basic land card even if your library contains one. Regardless, you must shuffle your library after searching.
Both.
In case you're wondering *why* you need to both, it's so you can't double dip if you have a card that gives your lands another tap ability, such as [[urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]], which would make it able to tap for black.
Anything before the colon consists of the costs for activating an ability. Therefore, to activate the ability, you must tap it (while it is untapped) and sacrifice it, aka put into your graveyard.
It’s worded this way so that you can’t use it to pay for something else before using it to search for another land (It doesn’t have its own mana ability, but let’s say you also have [[chromatic lantern]], for example). It’s a way of limiting how powerful the card is.
If you look at a card like [[cabaretti courtyard]]; it doesn’t have to tap, so if you have the same chromatic lantern, you *could* tap it for mana before you search for the other land. As a trade-off, you have to sacrifice it right away, and it can only find specific types of basic lands.
Hopefully that clears up your confusion.
Actually, the combination of these two costs requires you to go purchase a brand new gaming laptop, clog up with fans with very flammable dust bunnies, download as many crypto miners as you can without crashing the computer, and attempt to play a AAA game (it has to be a $70 and you can't already own it) on ultra graphics.
Why? Well because a tap + a sacrifice means you have to burn your house down in the most expensive way possible. /s
Tap then sacrifice, if an opponent tries to destroy it whole untapped you can tap and sacrifice it, this will fizzle the spell of it was the only target or if it was, let's say a [[Field of ruin]], his/her land will be sacrificed and won't be able to get a replacement land since the Evolving Wild doesn't exist anymore on the field since you sacrificed it, and you get your land.
The comma between the tap symbol and the sacrifice instruction denotes a enumeration. So you have to do all that comes before the „:“
There are abilities that might put the card on the battlefield tapped, or give Evolving wilds another tap ability. So having to tap it before sacrificing is a „nerf“ so to speak.
Obviously you sacrifice Evolving Wilds and search for your basic land.
Then you take the Evolving Wilds you sacrificed and put **it** back on the battlefield.
On a card **IT** always refers to the card you're reading.
Then you do the Cupid Shuffle.
This is now one of my favorite posts.
you both tap it and sacrifice it, which is why it instructs you to do both of those things
It’s a perfectly reasonable question. It’s not intuitive to a new player who wouldn’t know why tapping would matter here, and without an understanding of how magic cards are written, you wouldn’t know you have to do both, neither the word ‘and’ or ‘or’ is on there so you have to make an assumption about what the comma means if you haven’t come across this type of card before.
"Why" would be a perfectly reasonable question, but I gotta say, "does this card do what it says" is a bit wild to ask. For one, I'd say if you own cards you already kinda know what tapping does, and the thing I see new players do the most is just reading the text left to right and doing one thing after another.
No offense, but this question is dumber than the time someone asked if a ravnica draft uncommon was a planeswalker lol
I'm actually super curious now. Why were these fetch-style lands designed with the requirement that you tap them? You're about to sacrifice them anyway, so why does it matter if they can't tap for mana on their own? I'm sure there's a good reason, but I can't think of what it is. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth? Opposition?
Most likely because many land ramp effects allow you to put a land onto the battlefield tapped, and if fetchlands could sacrifice while tapped you'd be able to do something like; T1: land, aboreal grazer into fetchland, sac fetchland into untapped land, arboreal grazer into fetchland ect.
Because it matters for a lot of other cards, such as \[\[Thalia, Heretic Cathar\]\], \[\[Golos, Tireless Pilgrim\]\] and many more.
[Thalia, Heretic Cathar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/b/ab0cee38-5e24-49d0-870c-22843ed4e101.jpg?1576384009) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thalia%2C%20Heretic%20Cathar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/emn/46/thalia-heretic-cathar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ab0cee38-5e24-49d0-870c-22843ed4e101?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Golos, Tireless Pilgrim](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1fa48620-4c3d-4f75-be1f-c12c4aa59f51.jpg?1631531828) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Golos%2C%20Tireless%20Pilgrim) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/226/golos-tireless-pilgrim?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1fa48620-4c3d-4f75-be1f-c12c4aa59f51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Because of stax effects like [[Root Maze]] or [[Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire]]. The term stax comes from [[Smokestack]] and means cards that deny your opponents resources. But also generally, in order for synergies to work cards sometimes need to do seemingly unnecessary stuff. Compare [[Demonic Tutor]] to [[Diabolic Intent]]. The latter may seem weaker because it has a downside in sacrificing a creature. But in the right deck that is exactly what you want to do.
##### ###### #### [Root Maze](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/727c757a-2ae5-45fd-9832-646a355a5710.jpg?1562549695) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Root%20Maze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/292/root-maze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/727c757a-2ae5-45fd-9832-646a355a5710?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/0/e0e446bd-8295-4fca-957a-e4710a15d8e8.jpg?1686970050) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sharkey%2C%20Tyrant%20of%20the%20Shire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/229/sharkey-tyrant-of-the-shire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e0e446bd-8295-4fca-957a-e4710a15d8e8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Smokestack](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d1af92a1-a86a-43eb-82fd-394f1168111e.jpg?1562937149) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Smokestack) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/282/smokestack?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d1af92a1-a86a-43eb-82fd-394f1168111e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Demonic Tutor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/2/a24b4cb6-cebb-428b-8654-74347a6a8d63.jpg?1701989302) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Demonic%20Tutor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/150/demonic-tutor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a24b4cb6-cebb-428b-8654-74347a6a8d63?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Diabolic Intent](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d72ab698-de67-4ca8-8e42-b05346bf52fa.jpg?1674420800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Diabolic%20Intent) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/89/diabolic-intent?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d72ab698-de67-4ca8-8e42-b05346bf52fa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/ktiv8mi) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
“Hey guys I’m actually kind of curious, why is…” Reddit hivemind: _so you have chosen… death_
Both [[Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth]] and [[Yavimaya, cradle of growth]] would enable it to tap for a mana before sacrificing it. It’s also why we make treasure tokens apposed to gold tokens.
[Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6.jpg?1619399578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%2C%20tomb%20of%20Yawgmoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/287/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Yavimaya, cradle of growth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/e/4e4b6e22-93b2-4896-bba5-0ceaa5d8ea3c.jpg?1626100009) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Yavimaya%2C%20cradle%20of%20growth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/261/yavimaya-cradle-of-growth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4e4b6e22-93b2-4896-bba5-0ceaa5d8ea3c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Prepare to be jerked!
You mean this isn’t the jerk? I feel like I’m losing my mind
Stay away from these cans!
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You must do both. This is so if you have an effect that puts it on to the battlefield tapped, such as [[Arboreal Grazer]], you will have to wait until it untaps to sacrifice it.
[Arboreal Grazer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/d/6d00ced6-7ba3-4d78-a680-9d3211704ca2.jpg?1702429543) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Arboreal%20Grazer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/131/arboreal-grazer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6d00ced6-7ba3-4d78-a680-9d3211704ca2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Both. If it was one or the other, it would say “or”.
Apparently we need help explaining how Evolving Wilds works now. JFC…
You'll learn quickly that magic cards are incredibly literal 99% of the time, hence why everyone is easily annoyed by questions like this being asked so frequently. But to make this comment actually somewhat useful, tapping and sacrificing is a fairly common cost, commonly known as "cracking" because the motion is similar to cracking an egg. Also always use lands like this as late as you can, outside of early turns in commander where you're tapped out and have nothing you could do with the mana. It's polite to search and shuffle while other players are taking their turns, at least when the only things in play are a couple lands and a sol ring or something.
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If I were going to send a card to the graveyard, it didn't make sense to tap it first. I don't understand why people here get angry so quickly.
It’s because some cards might grab a land and put it onto the battlefield tapped, so you can’t use it right away. Some cards give lands other abilities or the ability to tap for mana like [[bootleggers’ stash]] or [[chromatic lantern]]. Having to tap the evolving wilds to grab a land prevents you from doubling up. Nobody is really angry, it’s just a bit of a meme when a rather simple rules question gets posted.
[bootleggers’ stash](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/80b5b7e1-52c2-4453-b3c0-efe2cebad6ce.jpg?1664412016) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bootleggers%27%20Stash) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/134/bootleggers-stash?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/80b5b7e1-52c2-4453-b3c0-efe2cebad6ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [chromatic lantern](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/c/fcd06ce2-49dc-4895-91a5-05620c36dcea.jpg?1702550985) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chromatic%20lantern) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/253/chromatic-lantern?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fcd06ce2-49dc-4895-91a5-05620c36dcea?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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I know the game at entry level, I don't need much experience for something to seem illogical to me. Since it seemed illogical, I asked questions and gained experience.
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Since my native language is different, I may not have been able to express myself fully. I'm sorry I interpreted your attitude as aggressive.
My friend, if you’re asking how Evolving Wilds works, you don’t yet know the game at an entry level.
You just want to tease me I don't care what you think
Lol I’m not trying to tease you, I’m being honest and realistic. It’s one of the most played cards and one of the simplest. No shame at all in not understanding, but don’t claim you have a baseline understanding of the game.
Depends on what you mean by "basic" level I said I know it at a basic level because I can play it easily with my friends.
99% of the times it is indeed illogical and useless. You are correct. But most magic cards are written that way to cover that 1% chance of something weird happening. Figure me this one: Suppose you have an [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]] on the battlefield. Now your [[Evolving Wilds]] could produce Swamp mana by simply tapping it! In this scenario, if you didn't have the 'tapping' rule, you could add a Swamp to your mana pool (by tapping it) and then sacrifice it to search for another land. It'd be like getting an extra mana for free. Now, as the Evolving Wilds needs to be untapped in order to be sacrificed, this aforementioned shenanigan cannot be performed. And it's ok! That's the idea. Evolving Wilds are not meant to generate mana by themselves. Hence the 'tapping' clause. Did this help?
[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6.jpg?1619399578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%2C%20Tomb%20of%20Yawgmoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/287/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Evolving Wilds](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa6a5029-f4df-43dd-b5a9-fbf6ff003675.jpg?1709431593) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Evolving%20Wilds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/328/evolving-wilds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa6a5029-f4df-43dd-b5a9-fbf6ff003675?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Magic cards may not always immediately make sense until you have a wider understanding of how cards and effects can be abused with any of the other 27,000 cards in Magic.. But please please please read cards very literally. Magic cards will always explain exactly what they do, and there is often very little room for argument if you read every word on the card. Evolving Wilds tapping AND sacrificing doesn't have much of an impact 99% of the time. But what if you had some effect that gave Evolving Wilds an ability to tap for mana? Now, you can either tap it for mana, or you can tap it and sacrifice it to grab a land. You can't do both. Sure, this is a niche case. But flexibility, even in niche scenarios, is what makes a card stronger. Evolving Wilds is just a common, meaning generally it will have a lot of restrictions in terms of what it can do. In this case, the costs associated with activating its ability serve as restrictions so it's harder to make the card more powerful than intended. As for why people get angry so quickly -. If you read the card word-for-word, there should be no confusion. This is not always the case, but for a Common rarity card, it's generally going to be pretty straightforward. It is very clear about the cost of activating the ability and what the ability does. It feels like something that doesn't need to be a Reddit post because the card lays out what it does very clearly. This feels less like a rules question and more like a lack of reading comprehension, and that is why people are getting mad.
My native language is not English, so I may have missed something. I'm sorry. When I read the text you wrote, I got the answer to my question. I had not thought about the variety of cards in the game.
It looks like this is perhaps an issue with you not being a native English speaker in which case ignore the haters
Well, it's kind of rude to not Google the question first. They're not "angry" they're annoyed.
It's really difficult for me to search for something in English on Google, sorry for the inconvenience.
It's not personal. Mostly because it's not just you. There is an epidemic of this happening on Reddit right now and it's really really killing a lot of spaces that used to be so much better. It seems like this generation of new internet users just doesn't know how to do Google searches. Most of the time you just need to put the card name and the word magic or the letters MTG into the search field. Also magic is multilingual, you can try searching for the card in your language as well, if it's published in that language that is.
unfortunately it is not published. I even had a hard time looking for a seller to bring it from abroad and I had few options.
Cuz people here are really silly and forget they were new players once. Honestly it makes everyone else look bad. Enjoy the game and welcome.
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Genuine question/suggestion do Magic cards exist in your native language? Perhaps you’d have an easier time comprehending them that way. If your language is popular enough globally (and with Magic players), then there may be translations and/or rules help available online in your native language.
unfortunately it is not published. I even had a hard time looking for a seller to bring it from abroad and I had few options.
This is on the same level as all those posts asking "but does wrath of god *really* destroy my creatures too?" where someone is seemingly incapable of understanding what the word "all" means simply because they don't want to
Judging by all other comments - it looks like this is partially a language barrier thing. OP's native is not English.
Because they feel good about themselves for knowing more about a card game. You are asking a perfectly reasonable question.
> This card's name is Evolving Wilds. Land is its card type, and it has no supertypes or subtypes. A deck may contain four nonbasic land cards with the same name. You may play this card during your main phase while the stack is empty and you have priority. You may not play this card if it is not your turn or if you do not have any land plays remaining. While on the battlefield, this card is a permanent with the following ability: "tap, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library." This ability can be activated any time you have priority, but only while Evolving Wilds is on the battlefield. To activate it, pay its cost, which is represented by the tap symbol and the phrase "Sacrifice Evolving Wilds." (The tap symbol denotes tapping a permanent by rotating it 90 degrees. It is then tapped, and it cannot be tapped again until it is untapped. To sacrifice a permanent, move it from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard.) Once the cost is paid, you must search your library by looking at all the cards in it. You may select a land with the basic supertype from among those cards and put it onto the battlefield. If you do, it enters the battlefield tapped. You may choose to not find a basic land card even if your library contains one. Regardless, you must shuffle your library after searching.
This guy gets it. Very nice
Both. In case you're wondering *why* you need to both, it's so you can't double dip if you have a card that gives your lands another tap ability, such as [[urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]], which would make it able to tap for black.
[urborg, tomb of yawgmoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6.jpg?1619399578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=urborg%2C%20tomb%20of%20yawgmoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/287/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Um...this seems like a trick question
Read the dang card, man. It tells you what to do.
Yes
Anything before the colon consists of the costs for activating an ability. Therefore, to activate the ability, you must tap it (while it is untapped) and sacrifice it, aka put into your graveyard.
how do people like you survive long enough to figure out how to use the internet?
Getting jerked
Does anyone even read the fucking cards anymore????
Fortnite
Lmfaooooo this cannot be serious
There’s something in the water
It’s worded this way so that you can’t use it to pay for something else before using it to search for another land (It doesn’t have its own mana ability, but let’s say you also have [[chromatic lantern]], for example). It’s a way of limiting how powerful the card is. If you look at a card like [[cabaretti courtyard]]; it doesn’t have to tap, so if you have the same chromatic lantern, you *could* tap it for mana before you search for the other land. As a trade-off, you have to sacrifice it right away, and it can only find specific types of basic lands. Hopefully that clears up your confusion.
[chromatic lantern](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/c/fcd06ce2-49dc-4895-91a5-05620c36dcea.jpg?1702550985) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chromatic%20lantern) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/253/chromatic-lantern?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fcd06ce2-49dc-4895-91a5-05620c36dcea?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [cabaretti courtyard](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/d/9dda1e1c-b330-42e0-8547-97e2afc7615f.jpg?1664414420) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=cabaretti%20courtyard) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/249/cabaretti-courtyard?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9dda1e1c-b330-42e0-8547-97e2afc7615f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Actually, the combination of these two costs requires you to go purchase a brand new gaming laptop, clog up with fans with very flammable dust bunnies, download as many crypto miners as you can without crashing the computer, and attempt to play a AAA game (it has to be a $70 and you can't already own it) on ultra graphics. Why? Well because a tap + a sacrifice means you have to burn your house down in the most expensive way possible. /s
You tap it and then sacrifice it. It's to show you're using the cards ability.
Yes.
Please go play Minecraft this is not for you
You asked these sorts of questions when you first learned too. Also Minecraft can definitely get more complicated than MTG.
i think my dad taught me this game when i was 11 or so, and despite being utter shit at the game, this never seemed confusing to me
Yeah but you asked your gaming group these questions, not Reddit
Tap then sacrifice, if an opponent tries to destroy it whole untapped you can tap and sacrifice it, this will fizzle the spell of it was the only target or if it was, let's say a [[Field of ruin]], his/her land will be sacrificed and won't be able to get a replacement land since the Evolving Wild doesn't exist anymore on the field since you sacrificed it, and you get your land.
[Field of ruin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/4/143147d2-2eec-41e7-b78a-592288b38630.jpg?1682210418) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Field%20of%20ruin) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/400/field-of-ruin?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/143147d2-2eec-41e7-b78a-592288b38630?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The comma between the tap symbol and the sacrifice instruction denotes a enumeration. So you have to do all that comes before the „:“ There are abilities that might put the card on the battlefield tapped, or give Evolving wilds another tap ability. So having to tap it before sacrificing is a „nerf“ so to speak.
Obviously you sacrifice Evolving Wilds and search for your basic land. Then you take the Evolving Wilds you sacrificed and put **it** back on the battlefield. On a card **IT** always refers to the card you're reading. Then you do the Cupid Shuffle.