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If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.

Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.

To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”

An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.

A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.

If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.

The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

Ignore the actual results of the coin or coins flipped when applying Edgar's last ability.

Some effects that instruct a player to flip a coin care only about whether the coin comes up heads or tails. These effects don't cause any player to win or lose that coin flip. However, Edgar's last ability can cause you to win coin flips that would ordinarily have no winner. For example, suppose you control Edgar, King of Figaro, Ral Zarek, and Chance Encounter (which has "Whenever you win a coin flip, put a luck counter on this enchantment.") and you activate Ral Zarek's last ability ("−7: Flip five coins. Take an extra turn after this one for each coin that comes up heads.") on a turn where you haven't flipped any coins yet. Each of those flips will come up heads, but you'll also win each of those flips. This means Chance Encounter's first ability will trigger five times.

If an effect tells you to flip multiple coins at once and you haven't flipped one or more coins already during that turn, Edgar's last ability modifies that set of flips. For example, suppose you control Edgar, King of Figaro and Ral Zarek and you activate Ral Zarek's last ability ("−7: Flip five coins. Take an extra turn after this one for each coin that comes up heads.") on a turn where you haven't flipped any coins yet. Edgar's last ability will apply to each of those five flips, meaning they'll all come up heads and you'll take five extra turns as a result.