\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Anatomy of a Magic Card}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.58478 cm} x{1.00248 cm} x{1.50372 cm} x{1.08602 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Mana \& Colors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Land Type}} & {\bf{Mana Color Produced}} & {\bf{Color Themes}} & {\bf{Associated Creatures}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Plains} & White & Protection, Wide Board State & Soldiers, Leonin \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Island} & Blue & Control, Mill & Wizards, Krakens \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Swamp & Black & Graveyard Recursion, Creature Kill & Zombies, Vampires \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Forest} & Green & Big Creatures, Mana Production & Elves, Beasts \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Mountain} & Red & Fire to the Face, Hasty Attacks & Goblins, Devils \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Wastes} & \seqsplit{Colorless} & Exile & Eldrazi \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{How to Win}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Put Opponents Life Total Down to 0} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Put 10 Poison Counters on an Opponent} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Put all Cards from Opponents Library into their Graveyard or Exile} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Play a Card with an Activated, Triggered, or Static Ability that causes the Opponent to Lose the Game} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Card Types}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Creature} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Kinds of Abilities}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Activated & Activated abilities are abilities of a card that their controller can use whenever he or she wants (providing that He/She can pay for it and barring special conditions (i.e.: Play this ability only during your turn etc.). \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 11) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Triggered & Triggered Abilities are abilities that activate when certain conditions are met. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Static & A Static Ability is one that, once it is employed or put into effect, simply is always in effect until the endgame. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{List of Activated Abilities}} & {\bf{Effect}} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Cycling & A \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Equip & Equipping is to attach a piece of Artifact Equipment to a creature, buffering it or giving it an extra ability \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{List of Triggered Abilities}} & {\bf{Effect}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} Cumulative Upkeep & Imposes an increasing cost to keep a permanent. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Echo & Requires the affected permanent's controller to pay its echo cost at the beginning of that player's next upkeep. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{List of Static Abilities}} & {\bf{Effect}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Buyback & Allows you to return the card to your hand when it resolves. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} Daybound & If a player cast no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Deathtouch & Any amount of damage dealt by a source with Deathtouch is enough to kill the creature receiving the damage. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} Defender & This creature cannot attack. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Double Strike & A creature with Double Strike deals damage during the first combat damage step alongside creatures with first strike, then additionally deal damage during the second damage step along with regular creatures. \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Enchant & Enchant \{target\} is a static ability found on Auras which defines what they can enchant. The keyword is written with a quality after it (e.g. Enchant creature) which defines what the aura can enchant. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} Extort & Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay \{W/B\} If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} First Strike & Creates an additional combat damage step. A creature with first strike will deal its combat damage before a creature that doesn't. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 6) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} Flash & Allows the affected card to be cast at any time you could cast an instant. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 4) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Flying & The affected creature cannot be blocked except by other creatures with either flying or creatures with the static ability Reach. Creatures with flying can block other creatures with or without flying. \tn % Row Count 36 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Haste & Allows creatures to ignore the affliction informally known as "Summoning Sickness". This means that they can attack and use activated abilities with the tap symbol on the same turn they enter the battlefield. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} Hexproof & The affected permanent is unable to be targeted by spells or abilities your opponents control. Permanents with hexproof can still be targeted by spells or abilities you control. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 9) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Indestructible & Any permanent that has indestructible cannot be destroyed, and cannot die as a result of lethal damage. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{white} Infect & This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Islandwalk & The affected creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls an Island land. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} Intimidate & Restricts the types of creatures that can block a creature with intimidate. A creature with intimidate can't be blocked, except by artifact creatures and by creatures that share a color with it. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 9) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Kicker/Multikicker} & Allows the player to pay an optional cost when casting a spell to achieve an additional effect. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 5) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} Plainswalk & The affected creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls a Plains land. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Menace & This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} Mountainwalk & The affected creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls a Mountain land. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mutate & If you cast a spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} Nightbound & If a player cast at least two spells during their own turn, it becomes day next turn. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Forestwalk & The affected creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls a Forest land. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{white} Swampwalk & The affected creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls a Swamp land. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lifelink & a static ability that modifies the result of damage. When a card with lifelink deals damage, the controller of that card also gains an amount of life equal to the amount of damage dealt. \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 9) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 36 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Protection & Grants the affected permanent the inability to be dealt damage, enchanted, blocked, or targeted by any card with the stated quality. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{white} Reach & The affected creature can block creatures with flying. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 38 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Riot & This creature enters the battlefield with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{white} Shadow & The affected creature can only block, or be blocked by other creatures with shadow. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shroud & The affected permanent or player cannot be the target of any spells or abilities, including your own. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{white} Toxic & Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get X poison counter(s) \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 4) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Trample & When attacking, the affected creature assigns the remaining damage not taken by creatures blocking it to the defending player. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abilities (cont)}} \tn % Row 43 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Vigilance & The affected creature does not tap once declared as an attacker. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This does not list ALL abilities, only the ones most commonly encountered.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}