Statistics for Magic: The Gathering Abilities

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Any damage done destroys creature	Deathtouch	97%
Has first strike as well as normal attack	Double Strike	95%
Deal damage before other creatures in combat	First Strike	95%
Does not have summoning sickness	Haste	95%
Can't be blocked unless other creature has this ability or reach	Flying	94%
Can block creatures with flying	Reach	94%
Excess damage goes to defending player	Trample	93%
Can be played as an instant	Flash	92%
Controller gains life equal to damage done by creature	Lifelink	92%
Remove card from the game	Exile	89%
Cannot be the target of spells or abilities by opponents	Hexproof	89%
Can't be destroyed	Indestructible	88%
Cannot attack	Defender	87%
Attach artifact to creature	Equip	87%
Creature does not tap from attacking	Vigilance	87%
Look at the top X cards of your library, put any on top or bottom in any order	Scry	86%
Can only be blocked by two or more creatures	Menace	84%
Rotate card 90 degrees	Tap/Untap	84%
Remove a spell from the stack without resolving its effects	Counter	75%
Aura quality, attach to a creature	Enchant	71%
Each creature deals damage equal to its power to the other	Fight	68%
Gives creature +1/+1 whenver a noncreature spell is cast.	Prowess	67%
Cast a card face down, then pay this cost at any time to turn it face up	Morph	63%
Deal damage as -1/-1 counters, and to players as poison counters	Infect	61%
An additional cost to play a card so that it has an additional effect	Kicker	59%
Each creature you tap reduces cards mana cost by one mana	Convoke	52%
Things happen when land enters the field	Landfall	50%
You may pay this cost after the spell is in the graveyard to recast it	Flashback	49%
Card costs 1 generic mana less for each permanent with that quality under the caster's control	Affinity	47%
An equipment that attaches to a 0/0 black Germ creature	Living Weapon	47%
Pay this lower cost to cast a card that you have discarded	Madness	47%
The kicker cost can be paid any number of times	Multikicker	47%
Cannot be the target of any spells or abilities	Shroud	46%
Controller may exile any number of cards in his or her graveyard, where each card exiled causes the spell to cost 1 less colorless mana to play	Delve	45%
Defending player sacrifices X permanents	Annihilator	44%
Gives card all possible creature types	Changeling	44%
If you play this card as soon as you draw it, only pay this drastically lower cost.	Miracle	44%
Controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until a nonland card with a lower converted mana cost than card played. This card enters the battle field.	Cascade	43%
Put a copy of a spell with this ability for every previously played spell on this turn	Storm	43%
Limited form of banding, only one creature of set needs ability	Bands with Other	42%
Must pay upkeep cost for each age counter or sacrifice creature	Cumulative Upkeep	42%
Cast a creature as an aura on another creature	Bestow	41%
Pay cost, discard card, then draw a new card	Cycling	41%
Creature grows larger whenever a creature with greater toughness or power enters the battlefield under your control	Evolve	41%
If cost is paid, card returns to owner's hand after resolving	Buyback	40%
Creature gains haste then is returned to its owners hand at the end of the turn	Dash	39%
The creature must be sacrificed upon entering the battle field if you pay this lower cost	Evoke	38%
A ninja effect that allows an unblocked creature to be swapped with a ninja	Ninjutsu	38%
Choose any number of permanents and/or players with a counter and give each an additional counter of that kind	Proliferate	38%
Cards are treated as though they do not exist and are switched between out and in	Phasing	37%
Creatures with this ability can only be blocked by other creatures with the ability. Equine	Horsemanship	36%
Raise a creatures power or abilities several stages	Level up	36%
If a creature is put into the graveyard from the battlefield with no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the field with one.	Persist	36%
Can only be blocked or block other creatures with this ability. Dark	Shadow	36%
If a creature is put into the graveyard with no +1/+1 counters, return it to the battlefield with one.	Undying	36%
Put X +1/+1 counters on creature with the lowest toughness	Bolster	35%
Put top X cards of library into graveyard and return card with this ability to your hand if it was in the graveyard	Dredge	35%
Cannot be enchanted equipped, blocked or targeted by anything with a given quality	Protection	35%
Instead of being destroyed, permanent is removed from play and then returned at the end of the turn	Regenerate	35%
When creature is blocked or blocks, it gets +X/+X until the end of the turn	Bushido	34%
Cant be blocked except by black and artifact creatures	Fear	34%
Other attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn	Battle Cry	33%
This extra cost must be paid at the beginning of the controllers upkeep	Echo	33%
Whenever a creature attacks alone, it gains +1/+1	Exalted	33%
A more expensive cost so that a spell effects all possible targets	Overload	33%
Put a permanent into its owner's graveyard	Sacrifice	33%
Put a card in exile with time counters on it. Once the last counter is removed, bring it into the field with haste	Suspend	33%
Cannot be blocked as long as defending player controls at least one land of specified type	Landwalk	32%
Encodes sorcery on creature. Whenever that creature deals combat damage, controller may cast a free copy of that spell	Cipher	31%
Fade counters are removed until the card is sacrificed	Fading	31%
Put a card on the battlefield facedown. You can pay its full mana cost and flip it over	Manifest	31%
If blocked, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until the end of the turn	Flanking	30%
Enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it if an opponent has been damaged this turn	Bloodthirst	29%
Sacrifice any number of creatures. Put X +1/+1 counters on creature	Devour	29%
Causes both effects on a card to happen	Entwine	29%
Player can no longer cast spells for the remainder of the game. At the beginning of each upkeep, the player puts a new copy of this spell on the stack	Epic	29%
Ability to turn the card over	Flip	29%
The spell can be used twice. Once and then exiled while haunting a creature on the field. When that creature dies, you may use the spell again	Haunt	29%
This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 countrers on it, and when it dies you may move all of the counters to a target artifact creature	Modular	29%
Does damage in -1/-1 counters	Wither	29%
Enables a double faced card to flip	Transform	28%
Controller chooses opponent and each player reveals the top card of their library. Highest converted mana cost wins	Clash	27%
Until the start of your next turn, opponents permanent can't attack, block or activate abilities	Detain	27%
Makes a land "fortified"	Fortify	27%
Cant be blocked except by artifact creatures or those that share a color with them	Intimidate	26%
Damage to player is done in poison counters	Poisonous	26%
Put a token on the field that is a copy of creature token	Populate	26%
If enchanted creature would be destroyed, the enchantment with this ability is destroyed intead	Totem Armor	25%
Creatures are paired and allowed to block in various ways, as well as gang up on larger creatures	Banding	23%
Slowly drain life from your opponents	Extort	23%
Can be paired with other creatures when either creature enters the battlefield	Soulbond	23%
Stops players from casting spells or activate non mana abilities	Split Second	23%
Controller must exile a card of appropriate type, or sacrifice this card.	Champion	22%
Look at the top X cards of an opponents library and put any number of those cards on the bottom of that players library	Fateseal	22%
Put a copy of a spell with this ability on the stack for each permanent previously put into a graveyard this turn	Gravestorm	21%
Pay this cost to return a creature to the battlefield. It gains haste and is exiled at the end step	Unearth	21%
Destroy a permanent and prevent permanent from regenerating	Bury	20%
Activated as long as controller controls three or more artifacts	Metalcraft	20%
Player may exchange aura with this ability for an aura in his or her hand	Aura Swap	19%
Exile a card to grant abilities to an artifact	Imprint	19%
Gains an additional effect if controller attacked this turn	Raid	19%
When a creature with this ability becomes blocked, the creature gains +X/+X until the end of the turn	Rampage	19%
You may pay this cost any number of times and then put a copy of this spell on the stack for each time it was paid	Replicate	19%
Reveal cards in your hand to include qualities of one card into another	Splice	19%
Activated when at least 7 cards are in your graveyard	Threshold	19%
Pay this cost and search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost and put it into your hand	Transmute	19%
A player may exile a card with this ability from his or her graveryard and put X +1/+1 counters onto a target creature where X is the exiled creature's power	Scavenge	18%
Enters the battlefield with a counter for each mana of a different color used to cast it	Sunburst	18%
When this creature deals combat damage to a player it gains X +1/+1 counters if you haven't already	Renown	17%
The player who cast a creature with this ability can sacrifice a different creature when it enters the battlefield	Exploit	16%
Reveal a card and pay its mana cost with this effect to activate its ability directly from your hand	Forecast	16%
Gain an advantage when a creature with this ability is targeted with a spell	Heroic	16%
Allowed to cast an instant or sorcery more than once	Rebound	16%
If a creature would be dealt damage, X of that damage is prevented	Absorb	15%
Pay a cost and discard a creature card to boost an attacking creature	Bloodrush	15%
An effect that is stronger or weaker based on the number of basic land types	Domain	15%
Have greater effect if controller has no cards in their hand	Hellbent	15%
An ability that is activated when a creature dies	Morbid	15%
Allows you to replay a spell from the graveyard. It is not exiled afterward.	Retrace	15%
X time counters. When last is removed, sacrifice creature	Vanishing	15%
Provide affects for any length of time, such as auras, equipment, or fortifications	Attach	14%
The controller of an attacking creature with this ability may have defending creature untap and block the attacking creature	Provoke	14%
Reveal the top X cards of your library. If any of them have the same name as the spell that was cast, then you may cast those cards without paying their mana costs	Ripple	14%
A player who has a creature with this ability sent to the graveyard may return a spirit card with converted mana cost X or less to his or her hand	Soulshift	14%
May choose to have creature enter with +1/+1 counter on it. The creature cannot block	Unleash	14%
Gain an additional ability if the controller controls a creature with power four or more	Ferocious	13%
Creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters	Graft	13%
Exile a card facedown, activate an ability to bring it into play without paying it's mana cost	Hideaway	13%
Reveal creature cards from your hand with the same type as creature with this ability. That creature enters battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it where X is the number of creatures revealed	Amplify	12%
Gain an additional ability if controlled by a player with 5 life or less	Fateful Hour	12%
Cast for a lower cast if a creature with the same type dealt combat damage to a player this turn	Prowl	12%
Gives you an advantage whenever the creature attacks with at least two other creatures	Battalion	11%
May cast as an instant if a creature of a given type is sacrificed	Offering	11%
Can be discarded for a special effect	Channel	9%
Discard a card of a certain name, often legendary	Grandeur	9%
Does an effect for the number of a specific type of card in a specific zone	Chroma	8%
Copy spell and choose new targets	Conspire	8%
When the creature attacks and is not blocked it gets +X/+0	Frenzy	8%
May only attack a player that controls a land of the specified type	Landhome	8%
Ability that targets one permanent, but effect spreads to all permanents of same type that share a color	Radiance	8%
You may discard a card with this ability from your hand, pay a cost and put X+1/+1 counters on target creature	Reinforce	8%
When a creature is put into your grave yard from the battlefield, all cards with this ability can now be returned to your hand if it paid	Recover	7%
If the top card of your library is the same type as a given creature, bonus effect occurs	Kinship	6%
Spell that is strengthened by returning lands to your hand	Sweep	6%
Sacrifice a creature and search your library for a creature to replace it with	Transfigure	6%
Allows players to work together, usually with mana	Join Forces	5%
Discard a card with this ability and search your library for any card containing the same subtype	Typecycling	5%
Never printed on a magic card, but allows creature to be played as an instant but only lasts one turn.	Substance	3%
Pay this cost to make the creature monstrous	Montrosity	2%