The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · LCI · mythic
Legendary Artifact // Legendary Artifact
wotc · 2023-11-10
Craft abilities are activated abilities. You can spend mana from The Enigma Jewel's activated ability to activate its own craft ability, for example.
wotc · 2023-11-10
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
wotc · 2023-11-10
Locus of Enlightenment has only the activated abilities of the exiled cards used to craft it. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
wotc · 2023-11-10
If an activated ability of an exiled card used to craft Locus of Enlightenment references the card it's printed on by name, treat Locus of Enlightenment's version of that ability as though it referenced Locus of Enlightenment instead.
wotc · 2023-11-10
The "only once each turn" restriction applies to each ability individually, even if multiples of the same card were exiled to craft Locus of Enlightenment. For example, if two of the same card were exiled to craft Locus of Enlightenment, it will have two instances of each of that card's activated abilities. Each of those abilities may be activated once each turn.
wotc · 2023-11-10
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
wotc · 2023-11-10
The copy of the activated ability created by Locus of Enlightenment's triggered ability resolves before the original ability.
wotc · 2023-11-10
The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "activated." Abilities that trigger when a player activates an ability (such as Locus of Enlightenment's own triggered ability) won't trigger.
wotc · 2023-11-10
If the ability that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
wotc · 2023-11-10
If the ability that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.
wotc · 2023-11-10
If the ability has damage divided as it was put onto the stack, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of abilities that distribute counters.
wotc · 2023-11-10
Any choices made when the ability resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves.