Neyith and Commander Color Rules
Asked by Samus_Saran 3 years ago
Ok lets say I have Tatyova, Benthic Druid as my Commander.
Can I put Neyith of the Dire Hunt in this Simic Deck?
Technical she is a Mono Green Creature and have only the Ability in her Text to play Red, but Red isnt her Identity, I am right?
sergiodelrio says... #2
Small addition: This works the other way around as well - you may, for example, put and/or cards into your Tasigur, the Golden Fang deck
June 23, 2021 5:41 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
One important addition: Coloured mana-symbols in reminder texts don't count towards colour identity. That's why cards with Extort (e.g. Blind Obedience ) aren't restricted from going into decks due to the in the rules text of Extort.
sergiodelrio says... Accepted answer #1
Nope. A card's color, as referenced in-game by cards is determined by its casting cost, color indicator or a color defing ability.
For Commander deckbuilding, there is a slightly different concept of Color Identity.
Direct quote from the link:
"For example, while Fires of Undeath is a card, and Silver Knight has protection from it and White Knight does not. It can't be used by a player who uses Kumano, Master Yamabushi as their General in a game of Commander. This is because the color identity of Fires of Undeath is and is not a subset of the color-identity of Kumano ()"
In your example, Neyith cannot go inside the Tatyove deck because of the portion of the hybrid symbol in Neyth's text box, which adds that color to its color identity (but not to its color)
June 23, 2021 5:35 a.m.