Utility card

An utility card is a card with a basic simple effect. They fill a universal function and can be done in every set.
Mark Rosewater defines an utility card as a card that serves a singular basic evergreen function, as opposed to a "build-around card".
==Examples==
* Bounce effects (e.g. <c>Unsummon</c>)
* Counterspell (e.g. <c>Counterspell</c>)
* Creature removal (e.g. <c>Murder</c>)
* Damage dealing effects (e.g. <c>Shock</c>)
* Enchantment and artifact removal (e.g. <c>Naturalize</c>)
* Protection effects
* Power/toughness effects (e.g. <c>Giant Growth</c>)
* Mana dorks (e.g. <c>Birds of Paradise</c>)
* Land fetching effects
==References==
Category:Magic slang