multicolored or not?
Asked by abenz419 10 years ago
I know in EDH that a card like Soulfire Grand Master would have a color identity of red, white, and blue. But, does that make it a multicolored creature? Or is that only signified by the gold and dual color (on hydrid mana creatures) borders ?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Though color identity uses all the symbols and indicators all over the card, color is defined just by a card's mana cost and any color indicators on the current front face. Soulfire Grand Master is white, Dryad Arbor is green, and Civilized Scholar Flip is blue except for when it's transformed (in which case it's red).
January 11, 2015 9:22 p.m.
well I know you said that borders shouldn't be used, but isn't that what determines that something like the flip of Civilized Scholar Flip is red since it doesn't specifically say on it that it is red?
January 11, 2015 9:30 p.m.
Ahh ok, I guess I have seen that dot there before but I never really payed attention to it because i didn't know it meant something.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Card color is indicated only by (1) colored mana symbols in a card's mana cost, (2) color indicators, and (3) characteristic-defining abilities.
Color identity does not influence color.
Also, border color should not be used as an indication of card color.
Soulfire Grand Master's color is white. Its color identity is white, blue, red.
January 11, 2015 9:19 p.m.