Kozilek EDH devoid "colored" cards in 99

Asked by Emeraldragon17 9 years ago

I'm thinking about building a Kozilek, the Great Distortion EDH deck and am unsure if i can run deviod "colored" eldrazi spells. Since rule 4 has been removed and commanders are now able to make colors outside their identity, i think that i can run a card like Deepfathom Skulker or Eldrazi Displacer since they're devoid, but cost colored mana, but im unsure.

Raging_Squiggle says... #1

You cannot. Devoid does not affect color idenity in any way. While it may say it's colorless, the color identity of Deepfathom Skulker is Blue.

January 22, 2016 9:05 p.m.

Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #2

What was Rule 4 has been removed but Rule 3 is still in effect.

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.

Cards in a deck may not have any colours in their color identity which are not shared with the commander of the deck. (The identity of each card in the deck must be a subset of the Commander's.

January 22, 2016 9:26 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #3

Simply put, for determining the color identity of a card, if the card has any of these mana symbols Anywhere on the card: , , , , and/or , that card's color identity will include each unique mana symbol found on it.

January 22, 2016 9:41 p.m.

hark says... #4

it would not matter as you cant run the mana to cast them since your commander is colorless

August 22, 2016 9:23 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #5

You can run Mana Confluence, City of Brass, Exotic Orchard, and Forbidden Orchard in a colorless deck, and they Can tap for any color. So it's possible to produce colored mana in a colorless deck.

August 22, 2016 11:45 p.m.