Damping Matrix
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirrodinMRD · #161
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.50 € · ★ 6.86 € · 1.18 $ · ★ 12.44 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Activated abilities of artifacts and creatures can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mike Dringenberg
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-10-02
Flavour text
The priests tried cursing it. The mages tried dispelling it. In the end, they all obeyed it.
Rulings
A mana ability is an ability that produces mana, not an ability that costs mana.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities, such as equip, are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Damping Matrix’s ability affects only artifacts and creatures on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones (such as bloodrush or unearth) can still be activated. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected.
