The Order of color combinations
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- Colorless Mana Symbols before colored mana symbols:
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- More generic symbols are further to the left:
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- Special restrictions e. g. based on source are more generic than restrictions based on mana type:
Symbols that can be paid with nonmana costs are less generic than symbols that an be paid with different type of mana (grouping them just to the left of mana symbols of the same number of colors):
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Two-colored hybrid symbols attempt to form sequences or shared colors
- Circular sequences of two-colored hybrid symbols start with the first symbol of their shared color combination
- If two neighboring symbols can "touch" on a shared color, they do so
- If a symbol can't become part of the touching sequence it goes to the left
- if no other order can be applied allied colors go to the left - following allied/enemy sorting order of color pairs
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