{"id":5883,"date":"2025-09-15T15:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/?page_id=5883"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:06:04","slug":"cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5883\" class=\"elementor elementor-5883\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ca0f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13ca0f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5450df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5450df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cycling<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2541390 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2541390\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-460ce3a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"460ce3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Cycling<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"Keyword ability\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Keyword_ability\">keyword ability<\/a>\u00a0that allows a player to pay a cost that includes discarding the card. When the activated ability resolves, that player draws a card.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"crTitle\">From the\u00a0<i><a title=\"Comprehensive Rules\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Comprehensive_Rules\">Comprehensive Rules<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(November 8, 2024\u2014<i><a title=\"Edge of Eternities\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Edge_of_Eternities\">Edge of Eternities<\/a><\/i>)<\/p><ul><li><b>702.29.<\/b>\u00a0<strong class=\"mw-selflink selflink\">Cycling<\/strong><ul><li><b>702.29a<\/b>\u00a0Cycling is an activated ability that functions only while the card with cycling is in a player\u2019s hand. \u201cCycling [cost]\u201d means \u201c[Cost], Discard this card: Draw a card.\u201d<\/li><li><b>702.29b<\/b>\u00a0Although the cycling ability can be activated only if the card is in a player\u2019s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with cycling will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.<\/li><li><b>702.29c<\/b>\u00a0Some cards with cycling have abilities that trigger when they\u2019re cycled. \u201cWhen you cycle [this card]\u201d means \u201cWhen you discard [this card] to pay an activation cost of a cycling ability.\u201d These abilities trigger from whatever zone the card winds up in after it\u2019s cycled.<\/li><li><b>702.29d<\/b>\u00a0Some cards have abilities that trigger whenever a player \u201ccycles or discards\u201d a card. These abilities trigger only once when a card is cycled.<\/li><li><b>702.29e<\/b>\u00a0Typecycling is a variant of the cycling ability. \u201c[Type]cycling [cost]\u201d means \u201c[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a [type] card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.\u201d This type is usually a subtype (as in \u201cmountaincycling\u201d) but can be any card type, subtype, supertype, or combination thereof (as in \u201cbasic landcycling\u201d).<\/li><li><b>702.29f<\/b>\u00a0Typecycling abilities are cycling abilities, and typecycling costs are cycling costs. Any cards that trigger when a player cycles a card will trigger when a card is discarded to pay an activation cost of a typecycling ability. Any effect that stops players from cycling cards will stop players from activating cards\u2019 typecycling abilities. Any effect that increases or reduces a cycling cost will increase or reduce a typecycling cost. Any effect that looks for a card with cycling will find a card with typecycling.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-976287e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"976287e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-24_044509592.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-24_044509592.png 672w, https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-24_044509592-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28e9a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c28e9a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5503dc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5503dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab676f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eab676f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Released October 1998 \u00a0Urza Saga, Cycling was created by\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Garfield\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Richard_Garfield\">Richard Garfield<\/a>\u00a0during\u00a0<i><a title=\"Tempest\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tempest\">Tempest<\/a><\/i>\u00a0design (although not premiering in print until\u00a0<i><a title=\"Urza's Saga\" href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Urza%27s_Saga\">Urza&#8217;s Saga<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2180ad3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2180ad3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02141d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02141d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cycling in Practice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22e5cc0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22e5cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cycling<\/strong> is an ability that goes on the stack, it can&#8217;t be simply counterspelled, its a great draw option with additional effects.<br><br><\/p>\n<p>Decree cycles of cards have cycling effects that heavily impacts the board state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27fcc00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27fcc00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d882f5b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d882f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/edhmeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image_2025-09-24_050000828.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6216\" alt=\"\" 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