Land Colour Identity
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on March 26, 2014, 2:39 p.m. by PlattBonnay
Even though lands are technically colourless (with the exception of Dryad Arbor ), would EDH colour identity rules prevent someone from including something like Temple of Silence in an Isamaru, Hound of Konda EDH deck since it has both white and black mana symbols on it?
You can only have lands that taps for mana in your commanders colors. So no, Temple of Silence is not legal in a Isamaru, Hound of Konda EDH deck.
March 26, 2014 2:41 p.m.
Signalguy25p says... #4
It has a mana symbol in its text. It has those color identities.
March 26, 2014 2:41 p.m.
The Doctor says... #5
However, it should be noted that you should use something such as Arid Mesa .
March 26, 2014 2:42 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
Also, something that a lot of newer players aren't aware of, basic lands technically have T: add X to your mana pool. This gives them a color identity and makes it so you can't run any basic lands in a Karn, Silver Golem deck.
March 26, 2014 3 p.m.
PlattBonnay says... #8
Yeah, I knew about the basics and fetch lands, I was just confirming about the scry lands
March 26, 2014 3:05 p.m.
miracleHat says... #9
New Benalia is what you would use instead of Temple of Silence .
March 26, 2014 4:56 p.m.
PlattBonnay says... #10
The example I gave was just the first one I thought of, just to confirm the ruling for my pod.
Epochalyptik says... #2
Yes. Color identity is not the same as color; even though lands are colorless, they can have color identities. Temple of Silence is colorless with a W/B color identity.
March 26, 2014 2:41 p.m.