2017-07-14 : Certain older cards have variants of cycling, such as basic landcycling or Wizardcycling. Vile Manifestation’s effect counts these cards.

2017-07-14 : Vile Manifestation’s first ability applies only while it’s on the battlefield. In all other zones, its power is 0.

2017-07-14 : Vile Manifestation’s first ability counts only the cards with cycling abilities in your graveyard. It doesn’t care whether or not they were cycled to get there.