Mana Echoes is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Whenever a creature enters, you may add an amount ofequal to the number of creatures you control that share a creature type with it.
Complete guide
Mana Echoes is a powerful red enchantment that rewards you for leaning into specific creature types. It transforms your board development into a massive engine for colorless mana, scaling exponentially as your army grows. Whether you are playing Goblins, Elves, or Slivers, this card ensures that every new recruit fuels your next big play.
How Mana Echoes Works
Mana Echoes features a triggered ability that looks for creatures entering the battlefield. Every time a creature enters, the enchantment checks your board for any creatures that share a type with the newcomer. Note that the creature that just entered counts itself, meaning as long as it has at least one creature type, you will generate at least one colorless mana.
The Resolution Process
When a creature enters, the ability goes on the stack. Crucially, this is not a mana ability; it uses the stack and can be responded to by players. The game checks how many creatures share a type only when the ability actually resolves. If you lose creatures in response, you might get less mana. If you create more creatures in response, you could end up with even more mana than originally expected.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is double-counting creatures that share multiple types. If a 'Human Warrior' enters and you control another 'Human Warrior', you only add mana for the one creature, not two mana for the two shared types. Additionally, remember that this mana is colorless ({C}) and will disappear as phases and steps end, so you must have a plan to spend it quickly.
Strategic Timing
To maximize Mana Echoes, you want to play it before your biggest creature drops or before using spells that create multiple tokens at once. Since each token entering triggers the ability separately, the mana generated can reach astronomical levels in a single turn, often allowing you to cast your entire hand or activate expensive abilities repeatedly.
Interaction examples
Aggravated AssaultIf you control enough creatures of a shared type, Mana Echoes will produce five or more colorless mana whenever a creature enters. You can use this mana to pay for Aggravated Assault's activation cost of {3}{R}{R}. This allows you to chain multiple combat phases together, provided you have a way to keep triggering Mana Echoes or have a surplus of mana stored.
Shared AnimosityWhile Mana Echoes provides the resources (mana) when creatures enter, Shared Animosity provides the power when they attack. If you use the mana from Mana Echoes to cast more creatures of the same type, Shared Animosity will then give every attacking creature a massive power boost based on those shared types, creating a lethal combination of mana production and combat damage.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Mana Echoes
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The amount of mana to add is determined only as the triggered ability of Mana Echoes resolves. The ability isn't a mana ability; players may respond to it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The creature entering the battlefield shares a creature type with itself if it has any creature types, so Mana Echoes usually adds at least
.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Mana Echoes counts the number of creatures that share a type, not how many types they share. For example, if a Human Warrior enters while you control two Humans and two other Human Warriors, you'll add five
.No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Skirk Prospector + Pashalik Mons + Mana Echoes
- 1Activate Pashalik Mons by paying
and sacrificing the additional Goblin. - 2Pashalik Mons triggers, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 3Resolve Pashalik Mons's ability from step 1, creating two 1/1 Goblin creature tokens.
- 4Mana Echoes triggers twice, adding a total of at least eight colorless mana.
- 5Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing a Goblin token, adding .
- 6Pashalik Mons triggers, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 7Repeat, adding an increasing amount of mana in step 4 each time.
Sliver Queen + Mana Echoes
- 1Activate Sliver Queen by paying
, creating a 1/1 Sliver creature token. - 2When the Sliver enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each Sliver you control.
- 3Repeat.
Ashling, the Limitless + Mana Echoes + Greenwarden of Murasa
- 1Cast Greenwarden of Murasa for its evoke cost by paying
. - 2When Greenwarden of Murasa enters, its first ability and evoke abilities trigger, as well as Mana Echoes.
- 3Resolve the Mana Echoes trigger, adding for each creature you control that shares a creature type with Greenwarden of Murasa.
- 4Resolve the Greenwarden of Murasa trigger, optionally returning a card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the evoke trigger, sacrificing Greenwarden of Murasa.
- 6When Greenwarden of Murasa dies, Ashling triggers, creating a token copy of Greenwarden of Murasa with haste.
- 7When the Greenwarden of Murasa token enters, it and Mana Echoes trigger.
- 8Resolve the Greenwarden of Murasa token's trigger, returning Greenwarden of Murasa from your graveyard to your hand.
Ashling, the Limitless + Mana Echoes + Grave Sifter
- 1Cast Grave Sifter for its evoke cost by paying .
- 2When Grave Sifter enters, its first ability and evoke abilities trigger, as well as Mana Echoes.
- 3Resolve the Mana Echoes trigger, adding for each creature you control that shares a creature type with Grave Sifter.
- 4Resolve the Grave Sifter trigger, optionally returning a card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the evoke trigger, sacrificing Grave Sifter.
- 6When Grave Sifter dies, Ashling triggers, creating a token copy of Grave Sifter with haste.
- 7When the Grave Sifter token enters, it and Mana Echoes trigger.
- 8Resolve the Grave Sifter token's trigger, returning Grave Sifter from your graveyard to your hand.
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Mana Echoes
- 1Activate Kiki-Jiki by tapping it, creating a token copy of Reflection of Kiki-Jiki with haste.
- 2The Reflection of Kiki-Jiki token enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes, adding for each Goblin and Shaman you control.
- 3Activate the token Reflection of Kiki-Jiki by paying
and tapping it, creating a token copy of the nontoken Reflection of Kiki-Jiki with haste. - 4Repeat from step 2.
Krenko, Mob Boss + Sword of the Paruns + Mana Echoes
- 1Activate Krenko by tapping it, creating at least two 1/1 Goblin tokens.
- 2The Goblins enter the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes at least two times, adding at least .
- 3Activate Sword of the Paruns by paying , untapping Krenko.
- 4Repeat.
Marath, Will of the Wild + Mana Echoes + Hardened Scales
- 1Activate Marath by paying and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Elemental creture token.
- 2The Elemental enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes, adding for each Elemental you control.
- 3Activate Marath by paying and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have infinite , you may repeat step 3 to give Marath infinite +1/+1 counters, then use them to deal infinite damage to any target(s).
Myr Matrix + Mana Echoes
- 1Activate Myr Matrix by paying
, creating a 1/1 Myr creature token. - 2The Myr enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes, adding at least .
- 3Repeat.
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