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However, the cost of many cards includes a [[generic mana cost]] ({{1}}, {{2}} and so on). What that means is you can use one of any mana, colored or colorless, to pay for it. Though you can use colorless mana to pay for generic mana costs, they are not the same thing. "Generic" is a type of cost. "Colorless" is a type of mana. You can't produce generic mana, nor could you have a colorless cost. The latter changed with ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]''. <ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/getting-colorless-work-2016-01-08|Getting Colorless to Work|[[Sam Stoddard]]|January 8, 2016}}</ref> | However, the cost of many cards includes a [[generic mana cost]] ({{1}}, {{2}} and so on). What that means is you can use one of any mana, colored or colorless, to pay for it. Though you can use colorless mana to pay for generic mana costs, they are not the same thing. "Generic" is a type of cost. "Colorless" is a type of mana. You can't produce generic mana, nor could you have a colorless cost. The latter changed with ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]''. <ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/getting-colorless-work-2016-01-08|Getting Colorless to Work|[[Sam Stoddard]]|January 8, 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 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 {{C}}{{C}} to your mana pool" | [[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 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 {{C}}{{C}} to your mana pool". 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> | ||
In the future, colorless mana will normally not be in costs. That was a special thing [[R&D]] did for cards relating to [[Kozilek]] in ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]''. <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|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?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> | In the future, colorless mana will normally not be in costs. That was a special thing [[R&D]] did for cards relating to [[Kozilek]] in ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]''. <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|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?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:25, 29 January 2016
Colorless has two in-game meanings.
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 can 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", but after Odyssey this was officially changed for editting reasons to "Add 
to your mana pool".
However, the cost of many cards includes a generic mana cost (
, and so on). What that means is you can use one of any mana, colored or colorless, to pay for it. Though you can use colorless mana to pay for generic mana costs, they are not the same thing. "Generic" is a type of cost. "Colorless" is a type of mana. You can't produce generic mana, nor could you have a colorless cost. 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 to made the new mana symbol 
that represents one colorless mana. [3] In our example the text for Sol Ring now is "Add to your mana pool". 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]
In the future, colorless mana will normally not be in costs. That was a special thing R&D did for cards relating to Kozilek in Oath of the Gatewatch. [5]
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.
References
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- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (December 31, 2015). "". Tumblr.
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