White Lotus Tile 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
This artifact enters tapped.: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
Complete guide
White Lotus Tile is a powerful mana rock that rewards players for building around specific creature tribes or themes. While it enters the battlefield tapped, its ability to generate significant amounts of mana makes it a late-game powerhouse. Understanding how it calculates its mana output is key to maximizing your board state.
Understanding the Mana Ability
White Lotus Tile provides mana based on the 'greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.' When you activate the ability, you check all your creatures and their types. The game automatically finds the highest count for any single shared type. You then choose one color of mana and add that much to your mana pool. Note that you do not choose a type; the game simply looks for the largest group.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, tap White Lotus Tile to activate its ability. Second, the game checks your current creatures and their subtypes (such as Human, Elf, or Golem). Third, it identifies the largest subset of creatures that share at least one type. Fourth, you choose a color. Finally, the mana is added to your pool. If you control no creatures, X is zero, and no mana is added.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is thinking a creature can only count toward one type. If a creature is a 'Human Soldier', it contributes to the Human count and the Soldier count simultaneously. Another mistake is forgetting the artifact enters tapped, meaning you usually cannot use it the same turn it is played unless you have a way to untap it or a card that allows artifacts to enter untapped.
Strategic Timing
Because the mana produced scales with your board, you should prioritize playing creatures with overlapping types before tapping the Tile. It is best used in tribal decks where almost every creature shares a primary type, ensuring X remains high even after a few creatures leave the battlefield.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you control Solemn Simulacrum and no other creatures, the greatest number of creatures sharing a type is one (it is a Golem). Tapping White Lotus Tile will produce one mana of any color. If you play a second Golem, the count for the Golem type becomes two, and the Tile will then produce two mana.
Commander's SphereIn a situation where you need specific colors for a spell, you might tap Commander's Sphere for a color in your identity and then use White Lotus Tile to produce a large amount of a different color needed for generic costs or specific colored requirements, provided your creature count is high enough.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : White Lotus Tile
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You'll always use the greatest number possible for X. You don't need to choose any creature types. For example, if you control a Human Soldier, a Warrior Ally, a Warrior, and a Human Warrior, White Lotus Tile will add three mana.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Voltaic Construct + Bello, Bard of the Brambles + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate White Lotus Tile by tapping it, adding at least three mana of any color.
- 2Activate Voltaic Construct by paying
, untapping White Lotus Tile. - 3Repeat
Myr Welder + Staff of Domination + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate Myr Welder using White Lotus Tile's ability by tapping it, adding at least two mana of any color.
- 2If Staff of Domination is on the battlefield, activate its third ability by paying
, untapping Myr Welder. Then, activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying 
. untapping it. - 3If Staff of Domination is exiled by Myr Welder, activate Myr Welder using Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping Myr Welder.
- 4Repeat.
Toph, the First Metalbender + Candelabra of Tawnos + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate White Lotus Tile by tapping it, adding at least three mana of any color.
- 2Activate Candelabra of Tawnos by paying and tapping it, untapping White Lotus Tile and Candelabra of Tawnos as they are lands due to Toph.
- 3Repeat.
Tezzeret the Seeker + The Peregrine Dynamo + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate Tezzeret's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, targeting White Lotus Tile and The Peregrine Dynamo.
- 2Holding priority, activate White Lotus Tile by tapping it, adding at least two mana of any color.
- 3Activate The Peregrine Dynamo by paying and tapping it, copying Tezzeret's ability, targeting White Lotus Tile and The Peregrine Dynamo.
- 4Resolve the copy of Tezzeret's ability, untapping White Lotus Tile and The Peregrine Dynamo.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Trazyn the Infinite + Staff of Domination + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate Trazyn using White Lotus Tile's ability by tapping it, adding at least five mana of any color
- 2If Staff of Domination is in your graveyard, activate Trazyn using Staff of Domination's first ability by paying , untapping it. Then, skip to step 5.
- 3If Staff of Domination is on the battlefield, activate its third ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Trazyn.
- 4Activate Staff of Domination by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
Voltaic Construct + Karn, the Great Creator + White Lotus Tile
- 1Animate White Lotus Tile using Karn, the Great Creator.
- 2Activate White Lotus Tile by tapping it, adding at least three mana of any color.
- 3Activate Voltaic Construct by paying , untapping White Lotus Tile.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Trazyn the Infinite + Pili-Pala + White Lotus Tile
- 1Activate Trazyn using White Lotus Tile's ability by tapping it, adding at least two mana of any color
- 2Activate Trazyn using Pili-Pala's ability by paying and untapping it, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Repeat.
Ultron, Artificial Malevolence + Voltaic Construct + White Lotus Tile
- 1Cast White Lotus Tile by paying its mana cost.
- 2When White Lotus Tile enters, Ultron triggers, causing you to pay to create a copy of White Lotus Tile that is a 2/2 Robot Villain creature.
- 3During your next turn, activate the White Lotus Tile token by tapping it, adding one mana of any color for each creature you control that shares a given creature type
- 4Activate Voltaic Construct by paying , untapping the White Lotus Tile token.
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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