MTG Keyword Rules — Comprehensive Rules Glossary
Look up keyword abilities and keyword actions from the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules
A
- Abandon [701.33]
- Absorb [702.64]
- Activate [701.2]
- Adapt [701.46]
- Affinity [702.41]
- Afflict [702.130]
- Afterlife [702.135]
- Aftermath [702.127]
- Airbend [701.65]
- Amass [701.47]
- Amplify [702.38]
- Annihilator [702.86]
- Ascend [702.131]
- Assemble [701.45]
- Assist [702.132]
- Attach [701.3]
- Aura Swap [702.65]
- Awaken [702.113]
B
C
- Cascade [702.85]
- Cast [701.5]
- Casualty [702.153]
- Champion [702.72]
- Changeling [702.73]
- Cipher [702.99]
- Clash [701.30]
- Cleave [702.148]
- Cloak [701.58]
- Collect Evidence [701.59]
- Companion [702.139]
- Compleated [702.150]
- Connive [701.50]
- Conspire [702.78]
- Convert [701.28]
- Convoke [702.51]
- Counter [701.6]
- Craft [702.167]
- Create [701.7]
- Crew [702.122]
- Cumulative Upkeep [702.24]
- Cycling [702.29]
D
- Dash [702.109]
- Daybound and Nightbound [702.145]
- Deathtouch [702.2]
- Decayed [702.147]
- Defender [702.3]
- Delve [702.66]
- Demonstrate [702.144]
- Destroy [701.8]
- Detain [701.35]
- Dethrone [702.105]
- Devoid [702.114]
- Devour [702.82]
- Discard [701.9]
- Discover [701.57]
- Disguise [702.168]
- Disturb [702.146]
- Double [701.10]
- Double Strike [702.4]
- Dredge [702.52]
E
- Earthbend [701.66]
- Echo [702.30]
- Embalm [702.128]
- Emerge [702.119]
- Enchant [702.5]
- Encore [702.141]
- Endure [701.63]
- Enlist [702.154]
- Entwine [702.42]
- Epic [702.50]
- Equip [702.6]
- Escalate [702.120]
- Escape [702.138]
- Eternalize [702.129]
- Evoke [702.74]
- Evolve [702.100]
- Exalted [702.83]
- Exchange [701.12]
- Exert [701.43]
- Exhaust [702.177]
- Exile [701.13]
- Exploit [702.110]
- Explore [701.44]
- Extort [702.101]
F
- Fabricate [702.123]
- Face a Villainous Choice [701.55]
- Fading [702.32]
- Fateseal [701.29]
- Fear [702.36]
- Fight [701.14]
- Firebending [702.189]
- First Strike [702.7]
- Flanking [702.25]
- Flash [702.8]
- Flashback [702.34]
- Flying [702.9]
- For Mirrodin! [702.163]
- Forage [701.61]
- Forecast [702.57]
- Foretell [702.143]
- Fortify [702.67]
- Freerunning [702.173]
- Frenzy [702.68]
- Fuse [702.102]
H
I
L
M
- Madness [702.35]
- Manifest [701.40]
- Manifest Dread [701.62]
- Max Speed [702.178]
- Mayhem [702.187]
- Meld [701.42]
- Melee [702.121]
- Menace [702.111]
- Mentor [702.134]
- Mill [701.17]
- Miracle [702.94]
- Mobilize [702.181]
- Modular [702.43]
- Monstrosity [701.37]
- More Than Meets the Eye [702.162]
- Morph [702.37]
- Mutate [702.140]
- Myriad [702.116]
O
P
R
- Rampage [702.23]
- Ravenous [702.156]
- Reach [702.17]
- Read Ahead [702.155]
- Rebound [702.88]
- Reconfigure [702.151]
- Recover [702.59]
- Regenerate [701.19]
- Reinforce [702.77]
- Renown [702.112]
- Replicate [702.56]
- Retrace [702.81]
- Reveal [701.20]
- Riot [702.136]
- Ripple [702.60]
- Roll to Visit Your Attractions [701.52]
S
- Sacrifice [701.21]
- Saddle [702.171]
- Scavenge [702.97]
- Scry [701.22]
- Search [701.23]
- Set in Motion [701.32]
- Shadow [702.28]
- Shroud [702.18]
- Shuffle [701.24]
- Skulk [702.118]
- Sneak [702.190]
- Solved [702.169]
- Soulbond [702.95]
- Soulshift [702.46]
- Space Sculptor [702.158]
- Spectacle [702.137]
- Splice [702.47]
- Split Second [702.61]
- Spree [702.172]
- Squad [702.157]
- Start Your Engines! [702.179]
- Station [702.184]
- Storm [702.40]
- Sunburst [702.44]
- Support [701.41]
- Surge [702.117]
- Surveil [701.25]
- Suspect [701.60]
- Suspend [702.62]
T
V
Activate
701.2 Keyword Action
701.2a
To activate an activated ability is to put it onto the stack and pay its costs, so that it will eventually resolve and have its effect. Only an object’s controller (or its owner, if it doesn’t have a controller) can activate its activated ability unless the object specifically says otherwise. A player may activate an ability if they have priority. See rule 602, “Activating Activated Abilities.”