Damping Matrix
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Activated abilities of artifacts and creatures can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Combos with Damping Matrix
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Lethal Vapors Encroaching Mycosynth Infinite
- Destroy all creatures that enter the battlefield
- Lock
- Lethal Vapors Mycosynth Lattice Infinite
- Destroy all creatures that enter the battlefield
- Lock
- Aether Storm Encroaching Mycosynth Infinite
- Players can't cast creature spells
- Lock
- Aether Storm Mycosynth Lattice Infinite
- Players can't cast creature spells
- Lock
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2017-03-14
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities, such as equip, are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2017-03-14
Damping Matrix’s ability affects only artifacts and creatures on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones (such as bloodrush or unearth) can still be activated. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected.
- 2017-03-14
A mana ability is an ability that produces mana, not an ability that costs mana.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Damping Matrix, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadpool, Trading Card | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
Every version of Damping Matrix
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
Modern Masters 2017
- Normal
- $0.74
- Foil
- $3.83
Mirrodin
- Normal
- $1.18
- Foil
- $12.44
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Damping Matrix. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
