Color identity for Commander is determined by mana symbols, characteristic-defining abilities, and color indicators printed on the card. Even though the characteristic-defining ability on Ghostfire
says it's colorless, it also still has a Red mana symbol printed in the cost, so that means its color identity is Red.
903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card's mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).
December 6, 2011
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Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Color identity for Commander is determined by mana symbols, characteristic-defining abilities, and color indicators printed on the card. Even though the characteristic-defining ability on Ghostfire says it's colorless, it also still has a Red mana symbol printed in the cost, so that means its color identity is Red.
903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card's mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).
December 6, 2011 5:02 p.m.