Say i have a white commander like {Odric, Master Tactician} can i have someone like {Boros Reckoner} in my deck? Still abit cofused all the whole color identity stuff.
Quote from: redwolv on November 06, 2014, 10:02:17 AM
Say i have a white commander like {Odric, Master Tactician} can i have someone like {Boros Reckoner} in my deck? Still abit cofused all the whole color identity stuff.
No you cannot, as Odric is just white. Even though Reckoner is white, he is also red. Since red is outside your Commander's color, it cannot be used.
Thanks.
Note: color identity also applies to activated abilities, not just mana cost. This means that {memnarch} is blue instead of colorless.
903.4. (http://imtgapp.com/forum/index.php?action=imtg;area=rule;number=903.4.): The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card's mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).
Example: Bosh, Iron Golem is a legendary artifact creature with mana cost {8} and the ability "{3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh, Iron Golem deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost to target creature or player." Bosh's color identity is red.
Note: color identity does not apply to reminder text. A good example of where this is relevant is, in Extort's reminder text, it mentions white mana and black mana, but {Crypt Ghast} is still only black, from his mana cost