symbol in its cost. A mana ability produces mana as part of its effect.Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy adds another mana whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana. The additional mana is one of the types that permanent produced, making mana creatures and artifacts more productive. Sol Ring can produce three colorless mana with Kinnan’s trigger, while Birds of Paradise can provide two mana of its chosen color.
Basalt Monolith creates a direct mana combo. Tapping it produces three colorless plus one from Kinnan, while its untap ability costs three. Repeating the tap and untap sequence leaves one additional colorless mana each time. Walking Ballista can use the resulting large amount of mana as a finishing outlet, while other outlets may require separate colored sources.
Kinnan’s seven-mana activated ability looks at the top five cards and can put a non-Human creature from among them onto the battlefield. That turns excess mana into board development, with targets such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Consecrated Sphinx offering substantial payoffs. The creature is not cast, so entry abilities work but cast triggers do not.
The mana trigger does not apply to lands or to every ability that happens to produce mana. It requires tapping a nonland permanent through that permanent’s own tap-symbol mana ability. Mana generated by Kinnan also does not inherit spending restrictions from the original source. Keep enough mana creatures, rocks, and worthwhile non-Human targets to support both halves of the card, while remembering that a large supply of colorless mana alone cannot pay the green and blue symbols in the activated ability.
