We have created a new symbol tag system in order streamline the entire magic-symbol process efficiently and add more control. Every symbol is saved as an SVG, allowing the symbol to scale beautifully at any size. This scaling is done automatically - every symbol will perfectly match the existing line height, so by shrinking or expanding the font size, you are also controlling the symbol size.
Most basic symbols can also be handled by the
[mana]-translator tag. By wrapping a mana cost inside of a
[mana] tag, the software will automatically reparse this into a series of appropriate
[sym] tags for the same level of control, but allowing you a quick shorthand for ease.
Not all symbols can be used inside of the
[mana] tag, and some of the symbols require slightly different formatting in order for the
[mana] translator to properly determine what you mean. In example, the symbol for Green-White Hybrid is
[sym=gw], but if you put this in the middle of a mana cost:
[mana]1GW[/mana], the
[mana] translator will assume you mean
1GW. As such, you need to write them in the traditional format for it to know the difference:
[mana]1{g/w}[/mana]=
1{g/w}.
Below is a list of all symbols, their definition, their
[sym] code, and their
[mana]-translator code, if available. There are a great many number of symbols, and we will inevitably add more as they arise.
Symbol | Definition | [Mana] | [Sym] | Example |
| White Mana | w | w | [sym=w] |
| Blue Mana | u | u | [sym=u] |
| Black Mana | b | b | [sym=b] |
| Red Mana | r | r | [sym=r] |
| Green Mana | g | g | [sym=g] |
| Phyrexian White | {wp} | wp | [sym=wp] |
| Phyrexian Blue | {up} | up | [sym=up] |
| Phyrexian Black | {bp} | bp | [sym=bp] |
| Phyrexian Red | {rp} | rp | [sym=rp] |
| Phyrexian Green | {gp} | gp | [sym=gp] |
| White-Blue Hybrid | {w/u} | wu | [sym=wu] |
| Blue-Black Hybrid | {u/b} | ub | [sym=ub] |
| Black-Red Hybrid | {b/r} | br | [sym=br] |
| Red-Green Hybrid | {r/g} | rg | [sym=rg] |
| Green-White Hybrid | {g/w} | gw | [sym=gw] |
| White-Black Hybrid | {w/b} | wb | [sym=wb] |
| Blue-Red Hybrid | {u/r} | ur | [sym=ur] |
| Black-Green Hybrid | {b/g} | bg | [sym=bg] |
| Red-White Hybrid | {r/w} | rw | [sym=rw] |
| Green-Blue Hybrid | {g/u} | gu | [sym=gu] |
| White-Blue Phyrexian | {w/u/p} | wu | [sym=wup] |
| Blue-Black Phyrexian | {u/b/p} | ub | [sym=ubp] |
| Black-Red Phyrexian | {b/r/p} | br | [sym=brp] |
| Red-Green Phyrexian | {r/g/p} | rg | [sym=rgp] |
| Green-White Phyrexian | {g/w/p} | gw | [sym=gwp] |
| White-Black Phyrexian | {w/b/p} | wb | [sym=wbp] |
| Blue-Red Phyrexian | {u/r/p} | ur | [sym=urp] |
| Black-Green Phyrexian | {b/g/p} | bg | [sym=bgp] |
| Red-White Phyrexian | {r/w/p} | rw | [sym=rwp] |
| Green-Blue Phyrexian | {g/u/p} | gu | [sym=gup] |
| Two-or-White | {2/w} | 2w | [sym=2w] |
| Two-or-Blue | {2/u} | 2u | [sym=2u] |
| Two-or-Black | {2/b} | 2b | [sym=2b] |
| Two-or-Red | {2/r} | 2r | [sym=2r] |
| Two-or-Green | {2/g} | 2g | [sym=2g] |
| Snow | s | s | [sym=s] |
| Colorless | c | c | [sym=c] |
| 0 Mana | 0 | 0 | [sym=0] |
| 1 Mana | 1 | 1 | [sym=1] |
| 2 Mana | 2 | 2 | [sym=2] |
| 3 Mana | 3 | 3 | [sym=3] |
| 4 Mana | 4 | 4 | [sym=4] |
| 5 Mana | 5 | 5 | [sym=5] |
| 6 Mana | 6 | 6 | [sym=6] |
| 7 Mana | 7 | 7 | [sym=7] |
| 8 Mana | 8 | 8 | [sym=8] |
| 9 Mana | 9 | 9 | [sym=9] |
| 10 Mana | 10 | 10 | [sym=10] |
| 11 Mana | 11 | 11 | [sym=11] |
| 12 Mana | 12 | 12 | [sym=12] |
| 13 Mana | 13 | 13 | [sym=13] |
| 14 Mana | 14 | 14 | [sym=14] |
| 15 Mana | 15 | 15 | [sym=15] |
| 16 Mana | 16 | 16 | [sym=16] |
| 17 Mana | 17 | 17 | [sym=17] |
| 18 Mana | 18 | 18 | [sym=18] |
| 19 Mana | 19 | 19 | [sym=19] |
| 20 Mana | 20 | 20 | [sym=20] |
| X Mana | x | x | [sym=x] |
| Y Mana | y | y | [sym=y] |
| Z Mana | z | z | [sym=z] |
| (?) Mana | {unknown} | unknown | [sym=unknown] |
| Half Colorless | | hc | [sym=hc] |
| Half Mana | | half | [sym=half] |
| Half White | | hw | [sym=hw] |
| Half Blue | | hu | [sym=hu] |
| Half Black | | hb | [sym=hb] |
| Half Red | | hr | [sym=hr] |
| Half Green | | hg | [sym=hg] |
| Half Snow | | hs | [sym=hs] |
| Tap | t | t or tap | [sym=t] [sym=tap] |
| Untap | q | q or untap | [sym=q] [sym=untap] |
| WUBRG Coalition | {wubrg} | wubrg | [sym=wubrg] |
| Purple Nexus Mana | {nexus} | nexus | [sym=nexus] |
| Purple Mana | {purple} | purple | [sym=purple] |
| Phyrexian Purple | | np | [sym=np] |
| Omega Purple | | no | [sym=no] |
| Trisk Purple | | nt | [sym=nt] |
| Dragon Purple | | nd | [sym=nd] |
| 2 or Purple | | 2n | [sym=2n] |
| Yellow Jasmine Mana | {jasmine} | jasmine | [sym=jasmine] |
| Yellow Mana | {yellow} | yellow | [sym=yellow] |
| Phyrexian Yellow | | jp | [sym=jp] |
| Omega Yellow | | jo | [sym=jo] |
| Trisk Yellow | | jt | [sym=jt] |
| Dragon Yellow | | jd | [sym=jd] |
| 2 or Yellow | | 2j | [sym=2j] |
| Heart Mana | {heart} | heart | [sym=heart] |
| Pink Mana | {pink} | pink | [sym=pink] |
| Phyrexian Pink | | hp | [sym=hp] |
| Omega Pink | | ho | [sym=ho] |
| Trisk Pink | | ht | [sym=ht] |
| Dragon Pink | | hd | [sym=hd] |
| 2 or Pink | | 2h | [sym=2h] |
| Omega White | | wo | [sym=wo] |
| Omega Blue | | uo | [sym=uo] |
| Omega Black | | bo | [sym=bo] |
| Omega Red | | ro | [sym=ro] |
| Omega Green | | go | [sym=go] |
| Dragon White | | wd | [sym=wd] |
| Dragon Blue | | ud | [sym=ud] |
| Dragon Black | | bd | [sym=bd] |
| Dragon Red | | rd | [sym=rd] |
| Dragon Green | | gd | [sym=gd] |
| Trisk White | | wt | [sym=wt] |
| Trisk Blue | | ut | [sym=ut] |
| Trisk Black | | bt | [sym=bt] |
| Trisk Red | | rt | [sym=rt] |
| Trisk Green | | gt | [sym=gt] |
| Phyrexian Symbol | p | p | [sym=p] |
| Omega Symbol | | omega | [sym=omega] |
| Dragon Symbol | | dragon | [sym=dragon] |
| Triskellion Symbol | | trisk | [sym=trisk] |
| White Symbol | | wsym | [sym=wsym] |
| Blue Symbol | | usym | [sym=usym] |
| Black Symbol | | bsym | [sym=bsym] |
| Red Symbol | | rsym | [sym=rsym] |
| Green Symbol | | gsym | [sym=gsym] |
| Energy | e | e or energy | [sym=e] [sym=energy] |
| Ticket | {tix} | tix | [sym=tix] |
| Acorn | {acorn} | acorn | [sym=acorn] |
| Instant | | instant | [sym=instant] |
| Sorcery | | sorcery | [sym=sorcery] |
| Creature | | creature | [sym=creature] |
| Enchantment | | enchantment | [sym=enchantment] |
| Land | | land | [sym=land] |
| Artifact | | artifact | [sym=artifact] |
| Multiple Type Card | | multitype | [sym=multitype] |
| Planeswalker | | planeswalker | [sym=planeswalker] |
| Chaos | | chaos | [sym=chaos] |
| DFC: Sun | | sun | [sym=sun] |
| DFC: Moon | | moon | [sym=moon] |
| DFC: Spark | | spark | [sym=spark] |
| DFC: Ignite | | ignite | [sym=ignite] |
| DFC: Fullmoon | | fullmoon | [sym=fullmoon] |
| DFC: Emrakul | | emrakul | [sym=emrakul] |
| DFC: Compass | | compass | [sym=compass] |
| DFC: Landfall | | landfall | [sym=landfall] |
| Power | | power | [sym=power] |
| Toughness | | toughness | [sym=toughness] |
| Tombstone | | tombstone | [sym=tombstone] |
| Common Rarity | | common | [sym=common] |
| Uncommon Rarity | | uncommon | [sym=uncommon] |
| Rare Rarity | | rare | [sym=rare] |
| Mythic Rarity | | mythic | [sym=mythic] |
| Special Rarity | | special | [sym=special] |
Note that Pink/Heart, Purple/Nexus, and Yellow/Jasmine are currently the same symbol.
This will change in the future as alternate symbols for Pink/Purple/Yellow are made.