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Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Rogue
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 229
Oracle Text
Activated abilities of lands your opponents control can't be activated unless they're mana abilities. Sharkey has all activated abilities of lands your opponents control except mana abilities. Mana of any type can be spent to activate Sharkey's abilities.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 16, 2023
Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's last ability uses a new template indicating that you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to activate Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's abilities. The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire gains only activated abilities, excluding activated mana abilities. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
If an activated ability of a land an opponent controls references the card it's printed on by name, treat Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's version of that ability as though it referenced Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire by name instead.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
Snow mana is not a type of mana. Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire's last ability won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
Source: wotc
Price History
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