Name
A card's name appears in the upper left corner. When a card's name
appears in its text box, it means only that copy of the card, not others
in play.
Mana Cost
Each symbol in the upper right corner is part of the cost to play that
spell. If the mana cost reads 
,
you pay one blue mana (from an island, for example) plus two mana of any
kind to play it.
Card Type
A card's type tells you whether the card is an artifact, artifact creature,
creature, enchantment, land, instant, or sorcery. If it's a creature, its
creature type (such as Goblin or Wizard) appears next to the word "Creature."
If it's the kind of enchantment that attaches to another card, it will
read "Enchant Creature," "Enchant Land," or something similar. See Card
Types for more details on each card type.
Expansion Symbol
This symbol tells you which Magic expansion the card is from.
The color of the symbol tells you the card's rarity: black for common cards,
silver for uncommons, and gold for rares.
Text Box
This is where a card's abilities appear. Flavor text might also appear
here; it's the text in italics (italic text looks like this) that
tells you something about the Magic world. Flavor text has no effect
on game play.
Text Overflow Icon
A small grey triangle 
will appear at the bottom of some cards in the Magic Online game. The triangle
has no impact on game play. It serves only as an indicator that some of
the card's text wouldn't fit into the displayed text box. To see the entire
text of a card, point to the card and wait for the full text to appear
in the yellow pop-up text box.
Power/Toughness
A creature card has two numbers printed on its lower right corner.
The number before the slash is the creature's power; that's how much damage
the creature deals in combat. The number after the slash is the creature's
toughness; that's how much damage it takes to destroy the creature.
Illustration Credit
The illustration credit tells you which artist created the card's art.
It has no effect on game play.
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