As such it is now impossible to generate generic mana but you will have to refer to it when talking about the casting costs of cards.įurther confusion arises when talking about whether a card is colourless in itself. This mana is still colourless mana but will now be represented differently with Karplusan Forest tapping to generate mana and Sol Ring tapping for. Additionally cards, prior to errata, generated mana or colourless mana, such as Karplusan Forest or Sol Ring. If you see a in the cost of a card then that is a generic mana cost - you can use any type of mana to pay that cost whether it be red, green, blue or the new colourless mana - though previously we would often refer to these as colourless mana costs. The main problem is now there has to be a distinction between generic and colourless mana.
There are a lot of terminological problems with the sixth colour of Magic being colourless, not least being the illogical nature of calling 'colourless' a colour (though now for all intents and purposes it is). Having colourless mana means Wizards can push the power of colourless cards by forcing a colourless mana requirement into the cost. This leaves a bit of constriction on how good colourless cards can be as Wizards have to consider how Magic will be impacted by giving access to that particular card or effect to all decks. You can't play a Primeval Titan in every deck but a Wurmcoil Engine will fit just fine regardless of what lands you choose to play. The problem with colourless cards, at least in the past, is that everyone can have easy access to them.
I will also be commenting generally about the design, mechanics etc.Ī huge and unexpected introduction in Oath of the Gatewatch is the introduction of 'colourless mana' with its own mana symbol. In this article I will be taking a looking at the Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler from a Modern perspective. Welcome to another Modern Musings! It has been a while since I wrote an article but I thought I would come back to review the latest set.
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