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''' | In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', '''colorless''' has two in-game meanings. It is either a type of [[object]]s, or a type of [[mana]]. Note that colorless is '''not''' a [[color]], and is not represented in the [[color wheel]]. | ||
==Colorless objects== | |||
An [[object]] (a [[card]] or [[spell]]) without color is colorless. Most [[artifact]]s are colorless, as ar some [[creature]]s like the [[Eldrazi]] and some non-[[permanen]]s like <c>Ghostfire</c>. | |||
==History== | ==Colorless mana== | ||
Colorless mana ({{C}}) has no [[color]]. | |||
===History=== | |||
The idea of colorless mana was already introduced in ''[[Alpha]]'' with <c>Basalt Monolith</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c> and <c>Sol Ring</c>.<ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/solemn-oath-part-1-2015-12-28|A Solemn Oath, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|December 28, 2015 }}</ref> It set the premise that most mana comes in one of the five colors ([[white]], [[blue]], [[black]], [[red]], or [[green]]), but there is a sixth subset of mana that is not any color. This mana could only be used to [[pay]] for [[cost]]s that don't require color (for example [[artifacts]]). | The idea of colorless mana was already introduced in ''[[Alpha]]'' with <c>Basalt Monolith</c>, <c>Mana Vault</c> and <c>Sol Ring</c>.<ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/solemn-oath-part-1-2015-12-28|A Solemn Oath, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|December 28, 2015 }}</ref> It set the premise that most mana comes in one of the five colors ([[white]], [[blue]], [[black]], [[red]], or [[green]]), but there is a sixth subset of mana that is not any color. This mana could only be used to [[pay]] for [[cost]]s that don't require color (for example [[artifacts]]). | ||
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[[R&D]] came to the conclusion that they had to stop using the mana circle with a number to represent both generic and colorless mana. Changing the representation of colorless mana was easier, as it's represented far less, so they decided to made the new mana symbol {{C}} that represents one colorless mana.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/oath-gatewatch-mechanics-2015-12-28|Oath of the Gatewatch Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|December 28, 2015}}</ref> In our example the text for <c>Sol Ring</c> now is "Add {{nowrap|{{C}}{{C}}}}". One of the consequences of introducing a colorless mana symbol was the change to over 300 cards in [[Oracle]], the central database of official card wordings.<ref>{{NewRef|magic-digital/costs-costs-2016-01-27|The Costs of Costs|Alli Medwin|January 27, 2016}}</ref> | [[R&D]] came to the conclusion that they had to stop using the mana circle with a number to represent both generic and colorless mana. Changing the representation of colorless mana was easier, as it's represented far less, so they decided to made the new mana symbol {{C}} that represents one colorless mana.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/oath-gatewatch-mechanics-2015-12-28|Oath of the Gatewatch Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|December 28, 2015}}</ref> In our example the text for <c>Sol Ring</c> now is "Add {{nowrap|{{C}}{{C}}}}". One of the consequences of introducing a colorless mana symbol was the change to over 300 cards in [[Oracle]], the central database of official card wordings.<ref>{{NewRef|magic-digital/costs-costs-2016-01-27|The Costs of Costs|Alli Medwin|January 27, 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Colorless mana cost== | ===Colorless mana cost=== | ||
While colorless mana being added to your mana pool is an [[evergreen]] mechanic, colorless mana cost is not.<ref>{{EzTumblr|url=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136315174008/do-you-all-have-any-fear-that-now-having-to-write|title=Do you all have any fear that now having to write (5) as CCCCC will take up too much space at card top and as such may affect the creation of spells and creatures with large mana costs?|date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> Colorless mana cost was first introduced in ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' and only appears in this one set. | While colorless mana being added to your mana pool is an [[evergreen]] mechanic, colorless mana cost is not.<ref>{{EzTumblr|url=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136315174008/do-you-all-have-any-fear-that-now-having-to-write|title=Do you all have any fear that now having to write (5) as CCCCC will take up too much space at card top and as such may affect the creation of spells and creatures with large mana costs?|date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> Colorless mana cost was first introduced in ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' and only appears in this one set. | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 17 January 2019
In Magic: The Gathering, colorless has two in-game meanings. It is either a type of objects, or a type of mana. Note that colorless is not a color, and is not represented in the color wheel.
Colorless objects
An object (a card or spell) without color is colorless. Most artifacts are colorless, as ar some creatures like the Eldrazi and some non-permanens like Ghostfire.
Colorless mana
Colorless mana (
) has no color.
History
The idea of colorless mana was already introduced in Alpha with Basalt Monolith, Mana Vault and Sol Ring.[1] It set the premise that most mana comes in one of the five colors (white, blue, black, red, or green), but there is a sixth subset of mana that is not any color. This mana could only be used to pay for costs that don't require color (for example artifacts).
In early sets, the text for Sol Ring was still spelled out as "Add 2 colorless mana to your mana pool". However, from Odyssey onwards, this was officially changed for editing reasons to "Add 
to your mana pool".
The cost of many cards includes a generic mana cost (e.g., 
, ), meaning that a player can use that number of any mana (colored or colorless) to pay for it. Though one can use colorless mana to pay for generic mana costs, they are not the same thing. Generic is a type of cost, whereas colorless is a type of mana; a player cannot produce generic mana and, originally, there were no colorless costs. The latter changed with Oath of the Gatewatch.[2]
R&D came to the conclusion that they had to stop using the mana circle with a number to represent both generic and colorless mana. Changing the representation of colorless mana was easier, as it's represented far less, so they decided to made the new mana symbol that represents one colorless mana.[3] In our example the text for Sol Ring now is "Add ". One of the consequences of introducing a colorless mana symbol was the change to over 300 cards in Oracle, the central database of official card wordings.[4]
Colorless mana cost
While colorless mana being added to your mana pool is an evergreen mechanic, colorless mana cost is not.[5] Colorless mana cost was first introduced in Oath of the Gatewatch and only appears in this one set.
Rules
From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- 107.4c The colorless mana symbol {C} is used to represent one colorless mana, and also to represent a cost that can be paid only with one colorless mana.
From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- 106.10. If an effect would add mana represented by a generic mana symbol to a player’s mana pool, that much colorless mana is added to that player’s mana pool.
From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- 202.2b Objects with no colored mana symbols in their mana costs are colorless.
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- Colorless
- 1. An object with no color is colorless. Colorless is not a color. See rule 105, “Colors,” and rule 202, “Mana Cost and Color.”
- 2. A type of mana. See rule 106, “Mana,” and rule 107.4c.
References
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