Mycosynth Lattice — ruling 1

The Lattice’s first ability causes Auras to become artifacts. Combined with March of the Machines from the Mirrodin set, this can then make those Auras become creatures. An Aura that’s also a creature can’t enchant anything. It’s unattached the next time state-based actions are checked, and then immediately put into its owner’s graveyard as a second state-based action.

Mycosynth Lattice — ruling 2

Mycosynth Lattice turns all permanents on the battlefield into artifacts. Spells on the stack and cards in other zones aren’t permanents, so those spells and cards don’t become artifacts.

Mycosynth Lattice — ruling 3

Mycosynth Lattice’s second ability makes everything, in every zone of the game, colorless.

Mycosynth Lattice — ruling 4

The Lattice’s third ability lets players spend even colorless mana as though it had a color. However, it doesn’t remove restrictions on the mana. For example, Mycosynth Lattice doesn’t allow mana from Vedalken Engineer to be used to cast a nonartifact spell.

Mycosynth Lattice : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Mycosynth Lattice 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

All permanents are artifacts in addition to their other types. All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are colorless. Players may spend mana as though it were mana of any color.

Complete guide

Mycosynth Lattice is a powerful artifact that reshapes the fundamental nature of every card in the game. By turning everything into an artifact and stripping away color, it creates a unique state of play where the normal rules of mana and card types no longer apply. This card is a cornerstone for complex interactions and artifact-centric strategies.

Everything is an Artifact

The first ability of Mycosynth Lattice states that all permanents on the battlefield are artifacts in addition to their other types. This includes lands, creatures, planeswalkers, and enchantments. Importantly, this only affects permanents; spells on the stack and cards in zones like the graveyard or library do not become artifacts.

The World Becomes Colorless

The second ability removes color from everything in the game: spells on the stack, permanents on the battlefield, and cards in all other zones (library, graveyard, exile, and hand). This means that protection from a color or effects that check for color will no longer function, as every card is now colorless.

Perfect Mana Fixing

The third ability allows players to spend mana as though it were mana of any color. While this provides ultimate flexibility, it does not bypass specific restrictions. If a source of mana says it can only be used for a specific purpose, such as casting artifact spells, that restriction still applies even if you can choose the 'color' it represents.

Resolution and Timing

When Mycosynth Lattice enters the battlefield, its continuous effects apply immediately. Since it affects types and colors, it sits in Layer 4 (Type Changing) and Layer 5 (Color Changing). Effects that depend on a permanent being a specific color or type will be updated the moment the Lattice is active.

Interaction examples

Ultimate Mana Utility

Gilded Lotus

With Mycosynth Lattice on the battlefield, you can tap Gilded Lotus for three mana of any one color. Because of the Lattice's third ability, you can then spend that mana to pay for any cost in the game, effectively treating that mana as any combination of colors or even colorless mana.

Tribal Colorless Interactions

Vanquisher's Banner

If you have Vanquisher's Banner on the battlefield naming 'Human', your Human creatures still get +1/+1 because they retain their creature types while becoming artifacts. However, because Mycosynth Lattice makes all spells in your hand colorless, the Banner's draw ability will still trigger when you cast a Human spell, as the spell's type (Human) remains even though its color is gone.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.

How it works : Mycosynth Lattice

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
The Lattice’s first ability causes Auras to become artifacts. Combined with March of the Machines from the Mirrodin set, this can then make those Auras become creatures. An Aura that’s also a creature can’t enchant anything. It’s unattached the next time state-based actions are checked, and then immediately put into its owner’s graveyard as a second state-based action.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2December 1, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
Mycosynth Lattice turns all permanents on the battlefield into artifacts. Spells on the stack and cards in other zones aren’t permanents, so those spells and cards don’t become artifacts.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3December 1, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
Mycosynth Lattice’s second ability makes everything, in every zone of the game, colorless.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4December 1, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
The Lattice’s third ability lets players spend even colorless mana as though it had a color. However, it doesn’t remove restrictions on the mana. For example, Mycosynth Lattice doesn’t allow mana from Vedalken Engineer to be used to cast a nonartifact spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.