Mana conversion cards?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on July 1, 2015, 12:04 a.m. by Jimmy_Chinchila
I'm making a Kruphix, God of Horizons deck, and I'd like a way to convert colorless mana to a specific color (say green for Omnath, Locus of Mana) without losing too much, if any, in the process. All I had on the top of my head was Mana Cylix and Astral Cornucopia but neither are very efficient. Any ideas? Goal of deck is to accrue mana/lands for big spells (Genesis Hydra, Primordial Hydra, etc) and land-matters cards (Kalonian Twingrove, Dungrove Elder, Scourge of Fleets, etc). It's not critical to the functioning of the deck but would certainly make life easier. Thanks!
Mycosynth Lattice and Gemstone Array. Oh, and you're better off just comboing into infinite colored anyways. It's pitifully easy in commander.
July 1, 2015 12:09 a.m.
If you're looking to play big spells like hydras, is there a reason you need to convert the colourless mana? As long as you make your mana base flexible enough then you shouldn't have problems paying for heavy blue / green costs and just dump the colourless mana into the 
component of the spell.
Outside of that, Gemstone Array has already been suggested, which is probably the best as it acts like backup commander.
July 1, 2015 2:39 a.m.
fadelightningmm says... #5
If you are looking at green mana floating why not jut run omnath? You've mentioned nothing terribly blue above. Plus in kruphix if you have omnath in play green mana floats as green and blue floats as colorless. But to my knowledge there is no way to take the floating colorless and turn it green (I believe that is what you are really asking)
July 1, 2015 4:45 a.m.
I searched Gatherer for you and couldn't find any; the ability is anchored in Black and Red.
July 1, 2015 5:29 a.m. Edited.
Stinkbeutel says... #8
You cant save your green mana for Omnath, Locus of Mana with Kruphix, God of Horizons, because Kruphix, God of Horizons will turn it colorless.
July 1, 2015 9:14 a.m.
GeeksterPlays says... #9
How about Magus of the Candelabra - Tap all your land for colours in your turn, use the colourless Kruphix floating mana & the creature to untap all your mana and re-tap it for coloured mana a second time, essentially converting the colourless back into colours?
July 1, 2015 10:16 a.m.
Stinkbeutel: That's incorrect. Kruphix changes colored mana to colorless mana if it would empty from your pool. Omnom says that green mana doesn't empty from your pool, so the replacement effect Kruphix creates won't apply.
July 1, 2015 10:21 a.m.
Jimmy_Chinchila says... #12
erabel damn good call, I guess I don't need to convert mana after all!! Thanks! Thank you to everyone else's suggestions also
July 1, 2015 3:48 p.m.
Jimmy_Chinchila says... #13
GeeksterPlays yes that is exactly what I was looking for
nayrash5 says... #2
The most effect way is on a two for one trade with Gemstone Array, but the cost of two colourless for one of a colour can be kind of steep, admittedly.
July 1, 2015 12:09 a.m.