Commander color identity
Asked by Atony1400 9 years ago
I got a B/G Commander deck, and I was wondering if I can run Crypt Ghast and Tasigur, the Golden Fang in it, but I'm unsure how the mana costs within the card play into the color identity rule. Also note that I'm not planning on running Tasigur as my general.
Deck in question;
Jarad Commands the Dead
Commander / EDH*
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Epochalyptik says... #3
Yes. Crypt Ghast's color identity is 
. It can be included in any deck that has in it.
December 10, 2015 10:25 p.m.
Ah. so Extort is fine for a mono colored deck but an ability like Tasigur, the Golden Fang's needs to be in a black blue and green deck
December 11, 2015 8:35 a.m.
This was a confusing topic for me and some of the people I play with. thanks for help understanding this
December 11, 2015 9:07 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #7
It's not so much the abilities as it is the placement of the mana symbol.
As Rhad explained, reminder text (italicized text in parentheses) is ignored when determining a card's color identity.
Extort's 
mana symbol is in its reminder text. Tasigur, the Golden Fang's ability has a written-out cost of 
. Therefore, Crypt Ghast's color identity is just while Tasigur, the Golden Fang's color identity is 
.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
Color identity counts mana symbols in costs and rules text, color indicator symbols on the type line, and colors given by characteristic-defining abilities. Tasigur, the Golden Fang has a Blue-Black-Green identity because of the mana symbols in his cost and rules text, so that's a no-go for your deck. Crypt Ghast only has a Black identity because of the symbols in its cost and rules text. The hybrid W/B symbol is in the reminder text of extort, and reminder text isn't rules text.
December 10, 2015 7:02 p.m.