Mana Short
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2004-10-04
If you play Mana Short in response to a spell, it will have no effect on that spell since the mana has already been paid.
- 2004-10-04
Since this is an instant, your opponent may use instants in response to the casting of this spell. Note that such spells and abilities will be resolved before mana is removed by Mana Short. This makes it useless as a countermeasure for spells. To use it effectively, you need to use it during Upkeep and even then it will not prevent the use of instant spells and abilities.
- 2004-10-04
It even taps lands that do not produce mana.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Mana Short, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namor the Sub-Mariner | 1 | 0 | — |
| Volo, Itinerant Scholar | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 2 decks
Mana Short price history
The Seventh Edition #86 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2026 | $2.79 |
| Nov 11, 2026 | $2.70 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $2.69 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $2.67 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $2.65 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $2.63 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $2.81 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $2.77 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.74 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $2.75 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Mana Short
17 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. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.44
- Foil
- $6.80
30th Anniversary Edition
- Normal
- —
30th Anniversary Edition
- Normal
- —
World Championship Decks 2002
- Normal
- $2.81
- Normal
- $2.79
- Foil
- $91.07
- Normal
- $2.70
- Normal
- $2.49
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Normal
- $45.07
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $49.99
- Normal
- $3.21
Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Normal
- $12.00
Collectors' Edition
- Normal
- $19.58
- Normal
- $60.95
- Normal
- $165.00
- Normal
- —
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Mana Short. 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.
