Gemstone Mine

Oracle Text

Gemstone Mine enters the battlefield with three mining counters on it.

T, Remove a mining counter from Gemstone Mine: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on Gemstone Mine, sacrifice it.

Card Rulings

10/4/2004 Sacrificing this card when the last counter is removed is part of the effect of tapping it for mana.
9/25/2006 If the last mining counter is removed from Gemstone Mine in some way other than activating its ability (such as Chisei, Heart of Oceans), Gemstone Mine won’t be sacrificed but its ability can’t be activated.

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