Colorless EDH + Command Tower
Asked by Human_Rogue_21 12 years ago
Let's Say For Example I Have Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre As My Commander And Tap A Command Tower To Help Cast It, Does The Command Tower Provide Colorless Mana?
pookypuppy6 says... #2
I wonder if it even produces any mana, as your Ulamog has no colour for Command Tower to produce. Clarification, guys?
August 31, 2012 1:13 p.m.
GreatSword says... #4
I suppose I should back up a bit: a commander's Color Identity is based not only on his casting cost, but also any of the abilities on the card, like Bosh, Iron Golem . Bosh's color identity in this case would be Red.
August 31, 2012 1:19 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #5
Actually, that's wrong. If your general has no colors in its color identity, Command Tower can't produce mana. Colorless is NOT a color of mana, it is a type of mana. Since Command Tower specifies color and not type, it cannot produce colorless mana.
Oracle ruling:
9/22/2011: If your commander is a card like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth that has no colors in its color identity, Command Tower's ability produces no mana.
August 31, 2012 1:29 p.m.
GreatSword says... #6
Well, that card's hilariously useless in that deck then.
August 31, 2012 1:33 p.m.
@Greatsword : Please don't dish out advice as though you know the rules, or something.
Command Tower clearly says that it only adds colored mana to your mana pool and that the color it adds has to be in your Commander's color identity. Clearly, a colorless Commander has no colors in its color identity, so you wouldn't be able to add any mana to your mana pool.
Did you even read the card?
August 31, 2012 1:44 p.m.
GreatSword says... #8
Yes, thank you for your feedback. I'll refrain from posting.
August 31, 2012 1:50 p.m.
Human_Rogue_21 says... #9
Thank You For The Clarification... I Haven't Made The Deck Yet And Was Wondering If That Card Would Be Useful Or Not...
August 31, 2012 2:17 p.m.
Hi, in a Tiny leaders deck, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death how many colors produce Command Tower?
regards
April 12, 2015 3:07 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #11
@Drakius: Please read the post dates before you comment. This thread has been dead for over two and a half years. Next time, ask a new question instead of necroing an old one.
Three. 
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, 
. Of course, you have to pick one; it doesn't produce all three at once.
April 12, 2015 3:55 a.m.
ok, thanks a lot for your quick response. Next time I will Ask new question.
Have a nice day,
GreatSword says... #1
Yes of course. Going by his casting cost, Ulamog is colorless. Command Tower only generates mana of your commander's color identity.
In fact, any mana generated by any land in this deck would be colorless.
"903.9. If mana would be added to a players mana pool of a color that isnt in the color identity of that players commander, that amount of colorless mana is added to that players mana pool instead."
August 31, 2012 1:12 p.m.