Mana Reflection 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
If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces twice as much of that mana instead.
Complete guide
Mana Reflection is a powerhouse enchantment that changes the way your permanents generate resources. By doubling the output of your mana-producing permanents, it turns modest boards into engines of overwhelming power. Whether you are ramping into massive spells or just maximizing your efficiency, this card is a cornerstone for high-mana strategies.
What Mana Reflection Does
Mana Reflection creates a replacement effect that modifies how permanents produce mana when they are tapped. Specifically, it applies if you activate a mana ability of a permanent that includes the tap symbol in its cost. Because it is a replacement effect rather than a triggered ability, the extra mana is produced immediately as part of the mana ability's resolution.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you must activate a mana ability of a permanent you control that requires tapping that permanent. Second, as that ability resolves, Mana Reflection checks the type and amount of mana that would be produced. Third, instead of that amount, the permanent produces twice as much of that exact mana. Finally, if the original mana had any special restrictions or riders, those same restrictions apply to all the mana generated.
Common Mistakes
A common error is trying to apply Mana Reflection to triggered mana abilities or cards like Sol Ring that don't use the tap symbol for mana. You are only 'tapping a permanent for mana' if the tap symbol is part of the cost. Additionally, note that Mana Reflection itself does not produce mana; it modifies the output of other permanents. If you control multiple copies of Mana Reflection, they stack exponentially: two copies result in four times the mana, and three result in eight times the mana.
When to Play It
Mana Reflection is best played in decks with high mana curves or strategies that rely on mana sinks. Since it costs six mana, you want to ensure your deck has enough lands and mana-producing creatures to take immediate advantage of the doubling effect once it hits the battlefield.
Interaction examples
Doubling SeasonWith Mana Reflection on the battlefield, tapping a Forest provides two Green mana. While Doubling Season does not interact directly with mana production, both cards exemplify a 'doubling' strategy. If you use the excess mana from Mana Reflection to cast a spell that creates creature tokens, Doubling Season will ensure you get twice as many tokens, effectively quadrupling your board presence efficiency.
Unnatural GrowthIf you have Mana Reflection and Unnatural Growth on the field, your turn becomes incredibly explosive. You tap your lands to produce double the mana, allowing you to cast multiple large creatures during your main phase. Then, at the beginning of combat, Unnatural Growth triggers to double the power and toughness of those creatures, leveraging your mana advantage into a lethal combat phase.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Mana Reflection
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You're “tapping a permanent for mana” only if you're activating a mana ability of that permanent that includes the
symbol in its cost. A mana ability produces mana as part of its effect.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If an ability triggers “whenever you tap” something for mana and produces mana, that triggered mana ability won't be affected by Mana Reflection.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Mana Reflection doesn't produce any mana itself. Rather, it causes permanents you tap for mana to produce more mana. If the mana ability of that permanent puts any restrictions or riders on the mana it produces, that will apply to all the mana it produces this way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The effects of multiple Mana Reflections are cumulative. For example, if you have two Mana Reflections on the battlefield, you'll get four times the original amount and type of mana. If you have three, you'll get eight times the mana, and so on.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash + Staff of Domination + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate Yurlok of Scorch Thrash by paying
and tapping it, causing each opponent to add 
and you to add . - 2Activate Staff of Domination's third ability by paying
and tapping it, untapping Yurlok of Scorch Thrash. - 3Activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 4Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
- 5Once each player has infinite mana, use any of Staff of Domination's abilities, along with its first ability, to empty your mana pool.
- 6Move to the next step or phase, causing each player to lose life equal to the mana they lost.
- 7Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash + Umbral Mantle + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate Yurlok of Scorch Thrash by paying and tapping it, causing each player to add .
- 2Activate Yurlok of Scorch Thrash by paying and untapping it, causing itself to get +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 3Repeat an arbitrarily large amount of times.
- 4It is strongly recommended to empty your mana pool using a mana sink before proceeding.
- 5Move to your next step or phase, causing each player to lose life equal to the amount of unspent mana in their mana pool.
- 6Each player whose mana pool contained an amount of mana equal to or greater than their life total loses the game due to having 0 or less life, which causes a draw if every player lost the game.
Basalt Monolith + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate Basalt Monolith's first ability by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Basalt Monolith's last ability by paying , untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
Mana Reflection + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate the mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding at least
due to Mana Reflection. - 2Activate Freed from the Real by paying , untapping the creature.
- 3Repeat.
Magus of the Candelabra + Staff of Domination + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate five lands by tapping them, adding at least
. - 2Activate Magus of the Candelabra by paying
and tapping it, untapping five lands. - 3Activate Staff of Domination's third ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Magus of the Candelabra.
- 4Activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping Staff of Domination.
- 5Repeat.
- 6Once you have infinite mana, you may use it to activate Staff of Domination's other abilities.
Temur Sabertooth + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate the mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding twice the usual amount of mana due to Mana Reflection.
- 2Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning the mana-producing creature from the battlefield to your hand and giving Temur Sabertooth indestructible until end of turn.
- 3Cast the mana-producing creature by paying its mana cost.
- 4Repeat any number of times.
- 5If the loop produces infinite mana (see Notes), you can then spend that mana to activate Temur Sabertooth any number of times, returning and recasting any creatures you control whose costs can be paid for by the type of mana you have.
Mana Reflection + Pemmin's Aura
- 1Activate the mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding at least due to Mana Reflection.
- 2Activate Pemmin's Aura by paying , untapping the creature.
- 3Repeat.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Magus of the Candelabra + Mana Reflection
- 1Activate two lands by tapping them, adding at least
due to Mana Reflection. - 2Activate Magus of the Candelabra by paying and tapping it, untapping the two lands and Magus of the Candelabra.
- 3Repeat.
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