How does Legendary Artifacts work for commander?
Asked by HollowClyde 12 years ago
Ehm kinda stupid question, but i wanna use Bosh, Iron Golem as a commander, but how does it work, cause the you can only build your deck based on your commander's color, will it be red for his ability then?
HollowClyde says... Accepted answer #2
Found it
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 cards mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities or color indicator
Example: Bosh, Iron Golem is a legendary artifact creature with mana cost and the ability ", Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh, Iron Golem deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost to target creature or player." Boshs color identity is red.
July 25, 2012 8:26 p.m.
GreatSword says... #3
From http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php:
"A card's colour identity is its colour plus the colour of any mana symbols in the card's rules text. A card's colour identity is established before the game begins, and cannot be changed by game effects."
July 25, 2012 8:27 p.m.
Yep, Bosh, Iron Golem has a red color identity, just like Memnarch has a blue color identity.
The real hard part is making a colorless EDH deck with Karn, Silver Golem as the commander. :P
TimProctor says... #1
Yes, if the mana symbol appears anywhere on the card, the card belongs to those colors. So Bosh is red, Memnarch is blue, etc.
July 25, 2012 8:26 p.m.