Space: The Convergence: Glossary

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All canon information about Space is courtesy of a single article: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/391

Canon translations:

Card Types
Device = Artifact
Unit = Creature
Augment = Enchantment
Graft = Aura
Resource = Land
Lux = Plains
Gelidine = Island
Necroleum = Swamp
Carbos = Mountain
Biolute = Forest
Standard = Basic
Tactic = Instant
Strategy = Sorcery
Warlord = Planeswalker
Zones
Play = Battlefield (of course, back then it was called "play" in the real game too, so has this changed since?)
Void = Graveyard
Hand = Hand
Archive = Library
Keyword Actions
Assault = Attack (the term is also used to describe combat)
Intercept = Block
Disrupt = Counter
Annihilate = Destroy
Play = Play (and/or Cast; see above)
Shield = Regenerate
Forfeit = Sacrifice
Tap = Tap
Untap = Untap
Keyword Abilities
Orbital = Flying
Range = First strike
Speed = Haste
Overpower = Trample
Stabilize = Vigilance
Infiltrate = Landwalk
Modify = Enchant
Colors and Mana
Alignment = Color
Crystal = White
Cryo = Blue
Shadow = Black
Pyre = Red
Xeno = Green
Unaligned = Colorless
Psi (cache) = Mana (pool)
(for sanity's sake, we'll just use the standard {w}{u}{b}{r}{g} mana symbols here)
Other random stuff
Control = Life
Teleport = Spell
Power = Power
Durability = Toughness

Non-canon translations:

If you're trying to make a card with words that haven't yet been converted from Magic-speak to Space-speak, you can basically create your own direction! Place particularly fitting ideas here so they can be referred to for consistency. Some evergreen words that could do with filling in:
Card Types
?? = Legendary
?? = Equipment
Zones
?? = Exile
?? = Stack
Keyword Actions
?? = Discard
?? = Search
?? = Shuffle
Keyword Abilities
?? = Deathtouch
?? = Defender
?? = Double strike
?? = Flash
?? = Lifelink
?? = Protection
?? = Reach
?? = Shroud
Colors and Mana
?? = Multicolored
?? = (Converted) mana cost

Updated on 10 Feb 2011 by SadisticMystic