Blinding Souleater and pro white
Asked by Faded 11 years ago
Can Blinding Souleater block a creature with protection from white? I'm thinking yes because there is no white mana symbol in its casting cost.
Can Blinding Souleater Tap a creature with protection from white? I'm thinking no because the you need white mana (or 2 life) to activate the ability.
Can someone help clear this up for me? Thanks!
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
A card's color is determined by the mana symbols in its mana cost, a color indicator dot (that thing in the type line of Garruk, the Veil-Cursed Flip and Insectile Aberration Flip ), and characteristic-setting abilities that mention color (Ghostfire ).
Protection from XX defends against 4 things: D.E.B.T
D - Damage from XX sources is prevented
E - Enchantments and Equipments that are XX can't be attached
B - Creatures that are XX can't block
T - Spells that are XX and abilities from XX sources can't target
You're right in thinking Blinding Souleater can block a creature with protection from white, because Blinding Souleater is colorless. The Souleater can target something with protection from white with its ability, because Souleater is the source of the ability. Colored mana symbols in the cost of the ability don't matter.
The only time colored mana symbols in the cost of an ability do matter is when you're determining a card's "color identity" to figure out whether it's legal to include in a Commander deck.
4stringsymphony says... #1
I believe so, as protection from white means just that; Protection from white. I think since the creature itself is an artifact, and colorless at that, it can get around pro-white since the creature itself isn't white. Its a colorless creature that would be targeting it, so nothing white is targeting it.
June 7, 2013 5:20 p.m.