Each power-up ability is an activated ability that can be activated only once. You'll put one or more +1/+1 counters on the creature. These serve as a handy reminder that you activated the power-up ability. There may also be other effects, some of them quite devastating. If the creature enters and you activate the power-up ability all in the same turn, you get a discount on the power-up activation. That activation cost will be reduced by the creature's mana cost.

Plan is a new enchantment subtype found on a group of enchantments that, appropriately enough, lay out a plan for you. Each has a triggered ability that tells you what action you need to take to advance the plan. This triggered ability will put a plan counter on the enchantment and give you a minor reward as it resolves. A second ability will reward you for bringing the Plan to fruition, triggering when a certain plan counter is put on the enchantment. For Doom Reigns Supreme, that's the fifth plan counter. As that triggered ability resolves, you'll sacrifice the Plan and unlock your ultimate reward.

在先前的万智牌系列中，就已经出现过双面牌的身影：彼时你只能正面朝上地使用它们，而后才有办法将其转化为背面。赞迪卡再起系列则为这类牌张带来全新变化：本系列的双面牌不会转化，但你可以任意选择要使用哪一面！