What is Convoke?
Convoke
/kənˈvōk/A static ability that allows you to tap your creatures to help pay for spells during casting.
Each tapped creature contributes either one generic mana or one mana of its color toward the spell's total cost.
"When you cast a spell with convoke, tap your army to make it cheaper—each creature pays either or one mana of its color."
Official Rules Reference
From the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules — Section 702.51
702.51 — Convoke
KEYWORD ABILITY
Official rule text from the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules document.
- 702.51a
- Convoke is a static ability that matters while the spell is on the stack. When paying the spell's total cost, you may tap untapped creatures you control. Each tapped creature can pay either 1 generic, or one mana that matches its color (to cover a colored symbol).
- 702.51b
- Convoke isn't an additional or alternative cost. You apply it only after the spell's total cost has been determined (after cost increases/reductions).Ex
Example
If a cost reducer makes a convoke spell cheaper (for example, reducing to ), you convoke based on the reduced total: tap up to two green creatures for the and up to three other creatures for the .
- 702.51c
- A creature tapped this way is said to have "convoked" the spell.
- 702.51d
- Multiple instances of convoke on the same spell don't stack (they are redundant).
Note: This is a summary for quick reference. For the complete and most current official wording, always refer to the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules published by Wizards of the Coast.
Quick Reference
Can summoning-sick creatures be tapped?
Yes
Convoke is part of casting, not an activated ability
Can convoke pay colored mana symbols?
Yes, if creature shares color
A creature can pay for mana of its own color(s)
Is convoke optional?
Always optional
You choose how many creatures to tap (including zero)
Do multiple convoke abilities stack?
No, they're redundant
Multiple instances provide no additional benefit
Example Convoke Cards
Here are three cards that showcase convoke and what it enables.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
Legendary Creature — Elemental God
Makes your creature spells easier to cast by letting your board help pay for them.
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Selfless Safewright
Creature — Elf Warrior
Save your army at instant speed by paying with your creatures, with Flash and Convoke
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Collective Inferno
Enchantment
Tribal token decks can leverage their numbers to cast Collective Inferno and scale damage.
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