Card

Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire

Legendary Creature — Avatar Rogue


Activated abilities of lands your opponents control can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire has all activated abilities of lands your opponents control except mana abilities.
Mana of any type can be spent to activate Sharkey's abilities.


  The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
#680, Rare

Illustrated by: Matt Stewart
Multiverse ID: 636277

Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire Commander decks
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Traditional Explorer

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16
    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.
  • 2023-06-16
    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
  • 2023-06-16
    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.
  • 2023-06-16
    An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
  • 2023-06-16
    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.
  • 2023-06-16
    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.
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