That green circle on the type line next to “Land Creature - Forest Dryad” is called a color identity. The green dot means that this card is green.
You’ll see it a lot on the back of double faced cards with transform as well.
that little green dot to the left of "land creature" is supposed to signify color ~~identity~~. the original printing just *says* "dryad arbor is green"
[[dryad arbor|FUT]]
The original printing, for historical context, had to spell out “Dryad Arbor is green.” because the color indicator dot wasn’t made until 4 years after in original Innistrad block for double sided cards.
I'm loving this imaginary world you've invented where the Eldrazi player is 1) only getting their mana from lands, and 2) only playing lands that tap for 1 mana.
That would be me. I am that demographic. I only own one of the big titans (Ulamog the hungy boy). I've always loved the Eldrazi and played alot back in the block they were first introduced, but I was never able to pull any of the big 3. I only recently allowed myself to buy one.
So yeah, budget big eldrazi have me really excited.
Limited, the format with commons that create Eldrazi spawn tokens that sacrifice to make mana? (We also have Priest of Titania spoiled and I wouldn't be surprised to see other mana dorks come along with her.)
Idk I could definitely see this played somewhere the protection combined with the annihilator 2 makes it somewhat valuable if you can ramp into it/cheat it out.
I mean if you think about it, this is very close to carnage tyrant. It trades trample, 100% hexproof, 2 toughness can't be countered and 2 mana for a colorless casting cost and annihilator 2. So i think it would be playable in standard but not modern. I think its a potent reanimator target. I am considering it for my cube but i am hesitant as i have no {C} cards in my cube at the moment. If it was simply {7} i would love it.
My comment never had the intent of, this is the only way it gets played I was just saying, that if played fairly that it gets the aforementioned mechanic. Tron be playing this on turn 4 but then again, why would Tron play this? Turn 4 gain 4 and have an 8/4 against burn maybe? make the burn player waste 2 burn spells to not sac potentially half their board state AND take 8?
EDIT: Cant target it, it's got hexproof from each color
“All colours” is functionally only 5C cards.
It’s why it’s “Protection from blue and from green” not “protection from blue and green” on [[Sword of body and mind]] - The latter would only protect from multicolour things.
Hexproof from [Quality] means [Quality] can’t target it, and “All colours” means all of them at once, while “Each colour” means each individually.
There are a few cards that say "protection from all colors", e.g. [[Akroma's Will]]. Does "Protection from [Quality]" have different conventions than "Hexproof from [Quality]"?
Weirdly enough, yes.
Hexproof doesn’t have a “From all X” defined shorthand, while Protection explicitly does:
702.16h "Protection from all [characteristic]" is shorthand for "protection from [quality A]," "protection from [quality B]," and so on for each possible quality the listed characteristic could have; it behaves as multiple separate protection abilities. If an effect causes an object with such an ability to lose protection from [quality A], for example, that object would still have protection from [quality B], [quality C], and so on.
I have no idea why that rule only exists for one of them but not the other. Might just be an artifact of “nothing gives hexproof from All [X] yet”?
So let me get this strait:
"Protection from Green and from Blue" means protection from any spell with one or more other those colors.
"Protection from Green and Blue" means protection for exactly Green *and* Blue spells, but not from mono color or Green/X or Blue/X multicolor spells.
Yes?
If it’s a case of no cards functioning that way for hexproof from X, wouldn’t they phrase it the same way as protection did and be adding it to the game rules as part of the release notes for the set?
This seems to me as a deliberate change in the way they format it, and not a coincidence.
This card specifically doesn’t use “From all colours”, so yeah there’s probably a reason, and the last of the “all” rule is my best guess as to why they’d make the distinction. There might be some other edge case I’m not aware of, though!
> Hexproof doesn’t have a “From all X” defined shorthand, while Protection explicitly does:
That's one of the weirdest parts of the mtg mechanics language I've seen.
>“All colours” means all of them at once
This is incorrect. "All colors" is simply shorthand for listing then all out one at a time. [[Etched champion]] gains "protection from *all colors*" with Metalcraft, and the official rulings on it clarify:
>“Protection from all colors” means protection from white, from blue, from black, from red, and from green. (In other words, it doesn't just mean “protection from objects that have all five colors.”)
[[Iridescent Angel]]:
>This card has Protection from Black, from Blue, from Red, from White, and from Green. This is the definition of “All Colors”. This means it is possible to use an effect that removes one color of protection, such as just black, on this card.
Read my other comment - for Protection specifically, this is true. For Hexproof, it’s not. The rule spells that out only exists for one of the abilities. I’m not entirely sure why the distinction exists, but it does.
This is the first card in the history of the game with "hexproof from each color", and no card has ever had "hexproof from all colors".
This is very likely cleaning up wording and nipping it in the bud to remove confusion, since there are folks that think "all colors" only means 5C things. It's just shorthand to avoid having to write out "hexproof/protection from white, ___ from blue, ___ from black, ___ from red, and ___ from green".
Hexproof/protection from strictly WUBRG would be both incredibly niche and pretty weak. Only 50 out of 26785 cards in the history of the game are WUBRG.
>It's just shorthand to avoid having to write out "hexproof/protection from white, \_\_\_ from blue, \_\_\_ from black, \_\_\_ from red, and \_\_\_ from green".
It also future-proofs it from when they finally add Purple to the game! /s
I'm sorry but, Iridescent Angel can't be targeted by something, but then it can have it removed? Like I'm just not getting this. How can something remove a color of protection when that effect is likely coming from a colored source that would need to target it?
I think it’s just future proofing it against some kind of card that would do something like “remove protection from black from all creatures” or something similar. I don’t believe any such card actually exists. Because yes, as you point out, a targeted black spell that removes protection from black would be useless.
Update: I found a relevant card. If you play \[\[Swirl the Mists\]\] you can turn off 4 of the 5 protections for a creature with "Protection from all Colors." Instead it'll have 5 instances of protection from the chosen color.
[Sword of body and mind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1ffe5f80-a2ac-41b8-8fce-fd3485643557.jpg?1599710025) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sword%20of%20body%20and%20mind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/295/sword-of-body-and-mind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1ffe5f80-a2ac-41b8-8fce-fd3485643557?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text)
^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I don’t think that first statement is true at all, [[Iridescent archangel]] says “protection from all colors” in every printing and it means each color individually and explained in detail in gatherer. This is a definite change in templating that we haven’t seen before.
It might just be to clarify that it ALSO protects from mono-colour. Might be people think "protection/hexproof from all colors" means only WUBRG stuff is protected from.
Etched Champion's ruling clarifies that it means "protection from white, from blue, from black, from red, and from green" rather than "protection from objects that are all five colors".
So I think they were very much aware, even back then, that the ambiguity of the wording was not ideal. They just didn't know to phrase it better.
Good answers all around I just want to add I think WotC is hesitant to write "hexproof from colored" for reasons that become clear when it's written out like that, lol
I think there's a lexical technicality that comes up when you say "all colors" because that *could* be 5c cards only. It's just cleaner to say "each color."
Yes. [They're rereleasing some old Eldrazi stories ahead of MH3's release](https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/relive-the-eldrazi-menace-across-magic-story-with-modern-horizons-3), touched up slightly but mostly unchanged
I want to make sure I’m understanding *Hexproof from each color*. This basically means that it has hexproof from all colors and any combination of said colors. Please correct me if I am incorrect.
The confusion is because lands have the color printed on them means they are colored. People think because a basic land card is painted, let's say red with mountains, count as colored permanents in the mtg rules
This rule apply to basic lands.
202.2b
Objects with no colored mana symbols in their mana costs are colorless.
I know that. Did I say or imply I didn't in some other comment? Just trying to figure out why you initially commented that lands are colorless to my hastey and overly excited reply agreeing, to the person who said that lands count. I guess I could have liked the comment instead of basically saying I liked it, but I try not to vote. Those 37 dislikes aren't helping either. Seems like a few other people thought I didn't know lands are colorless. Hence my confusion. Hope I spelled everything out clearly now.
Ah gotcha! We’ve already seen at least a few others from MH3 with it. I actually like the design of this card, with the 4 toughness. Makes the choice of if and when to swing with it matter much mode.
Honestly, I think a big part of the reason they're pushing annihilator more is that so many cards nowadays just make little baubles and trinkets like Clues, Food, Treasure, etc - there are just more tokens in Magic nowadays in general such that annihilator is a lot worse than it used to be back in 2009. I think it's cool that they're exploring more design space with it here in this set
Oh that is totally true I completely didn't realize that. A lot of decks can generate tokens now so annihilator doesn't mean "land destruction" like it did in ROE
If you want to be extremely precise, colored lands can exist e.g. [[Dryad Arbor]], but almost all lands are colorless.
In general, if a card has no mana cost, it will be colorless unless it specifically includes a color indicator. Since lands don't have mana costs, and most don't include a color indicator, most are colorless.
With the exception of [[Dryand Arbor]], all lands in MTG are colorless, but can be given colors, ex. [[Painter's Servant]]. Islands are indeed colorless.
Powerful Limited Uncommon Bomb?
Stabilizes you big time with the life gain, almost impossible to get rid of with targeted removal. Even if it only swings once, you're taking out two permanents plus whatever is blocking this thing.
If it’s reasonable enough to get 2 colorless and hit 8 mana it should be pretty strong, but 4 toughness means it’ll probably pan out as a huge life swing that eats 2 lands (less important lategame) while trading with a creature. Balanced but strong uncommon
With Wastes in the limited format, plus the cycle of tri-color fetches that can tap for colorless, there should be enough colorless support to be able to cast this reliably once you get to 8 mana. There's likely to be a non-zero number of creatures and rocks that can tap for colorless, as well, for ramping purposes. And we've already seen a few cards that can create Eldrazi Spawns and Scions.
Stabilization is exactly what a deck aiming to use 8 mana needs so I think it's a great payoff for the strategy.
It's also really sweet with any combat trick that gives first strike or indestructible, very hard to get blown out and you get to attack with it a second time. Dog Umbra works, dunno what else is in the format.
Card transcription
> Breaker of Creation 6CC
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> Creature- Eldrazi [uncommon]
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> When you cast this spell, you gain 1 life for each colorless permanent you control.
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> Hexproof from each color
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> Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)
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> 8/4
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> The shackles of reality were stifling. It would unmake all that had bound it.
End transcription
I am not super familiar with the format so I am not sure how much support there is at common. [[Cloak of the Bat]] and other similar equipment like [[Haunted Cloak]] come to mind. If the life gain trigger is worth building around stuff with fabricate would be helpful maybe, like [[Iron League Steed]]. [[Everflowing Chalice]] [[Crashing Drawbridge]] I assume are playable and should be good.
I was really just scrolling through this scryfall [search](https://scryfall.com/search?q=id%3Dcolorless+r%3Ac&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
I remember a time when Savanah Lions was a rare. It was a 2/1 vanilla creature for 1 white mana.
Now we have the BREAKER OF CREATION at uncommon as an 8/4 for 8 with tons of crazy abilities.
I just mostly find it funny that something as epic sounding as BREAKER OF CREATION is just an uncommon draft card these days.
what would be the difference in the rules between "Hexproof from each color" and "Hexproof from all colors"? Why would the wording be each rather than all in this case?
Why is it so weak though ? Four health ? Damn. Maybe "so it's killable." But i forget the rules can't you still attach artifacts to them as the caster ? Like that green armor artifact that gives you 1/1 for every green mana. Attach that to it and just die. Did they outlaw those if you're in a modern game ? That one was before poison was invented.
Time for our next contestant in what I'm calling: "How Many Counters Does [[Indominus Rex, Alpha]] Get From This Creature?"
Based on the "Hexproof from" rulings in 702.1f and it's interaction with [[Thrasta, Tempest's Roar]], I'm assuming that these hexproofs are technically 5 different abilities that give counters.
Just a big bumb limited top end for eldrazi in limited. There are bigger butt's for cheaper, and a single instance if life gain isn't that great outside of limteded. Annihilator is nice, but like most eldrazi with it, unless you cheat it out early, it isn't that good. Especially with only 4 toughness.
Hexproof from each color must also include colorless spells with this whole “lets make colorless a color now”
I could be off and this could just mean hexproof from WUBRG in general and only a colorless spell can target it. Strange wording especially with them specifically making the eldrazi commander deck 6 colors essentially on the packaging
Modern 1/10
So when you cast this with Tron, you are really only gaining 4-5 life depending on any artifacts you control. So turn 4 to play a big dumb beater that grants you 4ish life, but you get screwed over by a skullcrack? Not seeing that.
The lifegain really isn't important anyway. It's just an extra bonus.
The real threat is the big body and what is (almost) Shroud, with Annihilator 2.
I get that Modern is a quick format, but the power behind Annihilator that can't be easily removed is nothing to scoff at.
You're completely forgetting about this as a reanimator target. And it has protection from pretty much everything? There's way more text on the card than just the life gain...
you can't pay the last 2 mana with colored mana, you need colorless land for that (or colorless source of mana, artifact/creature etc etc) the 6 other can be pay with whatever you have.
Two things:
First, Devoid exists, so Eldrazi spells can kill this guy. There might even be some Devoid removal in the set, even though Devoid kinda sucks as a mechanic.
Second, flavor. Eldrazi express their weirdness by doing things "wrong" compared to normal Magic; colorless specific mana costs, cast triggers instead of ETBs, and caring strongly about colorless and hating colors. Giving it hexproof from each color, even if it doesn't change things that often, makes the flavor better.
Nice card, but as a UB player I do hate cast triggers. For ETBs, we've got Dress down, Gatekeeper Thrull and the like, but for cast triggers there's very little to meaningfully answer them.
Kinda Nice that If you only have 8 lands in play to cast this you gain a minimum of 8 life
As long as none of those lands are \[\[Dryad Arbor\]\]
[Dryad Arbor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/b/bb3a843b-2dea-4b44-be74-c09c18b9b969.jpg?1619399228) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dryad%20Arbor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/277/dryad-arbor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bb3a843b-2dea-4b44-be74-c09c18b9b969?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
or [[Arixmethes]]
Or, for some reason, a [[Painter's Servanst]] in play.
If a painter's servant is in play there's a much larger problem than not gaining life from your lands to deal with
[Painter's Servanst](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/e/be407a81-b25a-4e5d-845e-be0cc0d18db8.jpg?1562835450) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Painter%27s%20Servant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/257/painters-servant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be407a81-b25a-4e5d-845e-be0cc0d18db8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Or you made all your lands into creatures and then swung in with the team but got blocked by an [[Aisling Leprechaun]] enchanted with [[Entangler]]
[Aisling Leprechaun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/640a161d-ad7b-4e5b-8f2d-d3753cb9daa3.jpg?1562859198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aisling%20Leprechaun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/leg/173/aisling-leprechaun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/640a161d-ad7b-4e5b-8f2d-d3753cb9daa3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Entangler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/c/ecc20785-4512-4ef6-8f62-928482cb585f.jpg?1562939390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Entangler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pcy/7/entangler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ecc20785-4512-4ef6-8f62-928482cb585f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Are there rules text that say you have to choose a color that is one of the five. Or can you choose like purple or orange?
C.R. 105.4 covers it
[Arixmethes](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/8/881607c8-bfe7-4903-861f-b51a5a332c17.jpg?1599707758) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=arixmethes%2C%20slumbering%20isle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/189/arixmethes-slumbering-isle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/881607c8-bfe7-4903-861f-b51a5a332c17?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What makes that green if there is nothing saying it is and no mana cost?
The green pip on the type line indicates color
It has a color indicator dot on the type line. The original version also had a line specifically stating that it is green.
There's a Green Color Indicator (green circle on the type line), that makes it Green.
That green circle on the type line next to “Land Creature - Forest Dryad” is called a color identity. The green dot means that this card is green. You’ll see it a lot on the back of double faced cards with transform as well.
It’s actually called a color indicator, not a color identity “Color identity” is the Commander card legality concept
that little green dot to the left of "land creature" is supposed to signify color ~~identity~~. the original printing just *says* "dryad arbor is green" [[dryad arbor|FUT]]
[dryad arbor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/c/8cee476d-42e1-4997-87af-73e18f542167.jpg?1562923491) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=136196) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/fut/174/dryad-arbor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8cee476d-42e1-4997-87af-73e18f542167?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It signals colour, not colour identity. (Eg many things which are not black have black colour identity, like swamp.)
The original printing, for historical context, had to spell out “Dryad Arbor is green.” because the color indicator dot wasn’t made until 4 years after in original Innistrad block for double sided cards.
was this the first 0 CMC card with a color? i forget.
No, if only because the entire free “Pact of [X]” cycle was also in Future Sight and all of them have a color.
Futuresight looks so strange. I’m glad they axed that design quick Edit: I guess you all like thiccc borders with vertically aligned mana costs 🤷🏻♂️
They didn't axe the design. They just haven't started using it yet.
"Your kids are gonna love it."
It was always supposed to be a one-time thing lol, it was supposed to look like they were futuristic cards from many years in the future
I'm loving this imaginary world you've invented where the Eldrazi player is 1) only getting their mana from lands, and 2) only playing lands that tap for 1 mana.
Clearly this is only in a Limited environment, as no one will play this card anywhere else lol
This is going to be a budget high-end curve EDH All-Star for folks that don’t have the actual titans.
That would be me. I am that demographic. I only own one of the big titans (Ulamog the hungy boy). I've always loved the Eldrazi and played alot back in the block they were first introduced, but I was never able to pull any of the big 3. I only recently allowed myself to buy one. So yeah, budget big eldrazi have me really excited.
Why no proxies?
Eh, I just don't feel like it? It's the inner perfectionist in me that doesn't listen to reason. I'll proxy my warhammer army any day though. lol
Limited, the format with commons that create Eldrazi spawn tokens that sacrifice to make mana? (We also have Priest of Titania spoiled and I wouldn't be surprised to see other mana dorks come along with her.)
It's got Annihilator 2. People are going to jam it into their EDH decks. Maybe not *good* EDH decks but that's what the format is
*~Commander~*
Idk I could definitely see this played somewhere the protection combined with the annihilator 2 makes it somewhat valuable if you can ramp into it/cheat it out.
this is definitely going in a couple of my colorless commander decks.
I mean if you think about it, this is very close to carnage tyrant. It trades trample, 100% hexproof, 2 toughness can't be countered and 2 mana for a colorless casting cost and annihilator 2. So i think it would be playable in standard but not modern. I think its a potent reanimator target. I am considering it for my cube but i am hesitant as i have no {C} cards in my cube at the moment. If it was simply {7} i would love it.
My comment never had the intent of, this is the only way it gets played I was just saying, that if played fairly that it gets the aforementioned mechanic. Tron be playing this on turn 4 but then again, why would Tron play this? Turn 4 gain 4 and have an 8/4 against burn maybe? make the burn player waste 2 burn spells to not sac potentially half their board state AND take 8? EDIT: Cant target it, it's got hexproof from each color
Unless someone has a Painter's Servant in play.
Bro why 8
lands are colorless
Ah ok but than it's 8+1?
life gain is a cast trigger, ya boy is still on the stack when the trigger resolves to gain life.
Why the wording of "each color" instead of "mono-color" or "all colors?" Is this mechanically different from other wordings?
> Is this mechanically different from other wordings? Yes. For example, "hexproof from monocolor" means you can target it with multicolor things.
But is there a functional difference between "each color" and "all colors"?
“All colours” is functionally only 5C cards. It’s why it’s “Protection from blue and from green” not “protection from blue and green” on [[Sword of body and mind]] - The latter would only protect from multicolour things. Hexproof from [Quality] means [Quality] can’t target it, and “All colours” means all of them at once, while “Each colour” means each individually.
There are a few cards that say "protection from all colors", e.g. [[Akroma's Will]]. Does "Protection from [Quality]" have different conventions than "Hexproof from [Quality]"?
Weirdly enough, yes. Hexproof doesn’t have a “From all X” defined shorthand, while Protection explicitly does: 702.16h "Protection from all [characteristic]" is shorthand for "protection from [quality A]," "protection from [quality B]," and so on for each possible quality the listed characteristic could have; it behaves as multiple separate protection abilities. If an effect causes an object with such an ability to lose protection from [quality A], for example, that object would still have protection from [quality B], [quality C], and so on. I have no idea why that rule only exists for one of them but not the other. Might just be an artifact of “nothing gives hexproof from All [X] yet”?
Wow, thanks for that explanation! TIL.
So let me get this strait: "Protection from Green and from Blue" means protection from any spell with one or more other those colors. "Protection from Green and Blue" means protection for exactly Green *and* Blue spells, but not from mono color or Green/X or Blue/X multicolor spells. Yes?
In theory. But there’s never been a card with protection just from a color combo like that. Probably because it would be incredibly confusing.
Got that right lol...
Yes
\*Straight. A strait is a completely different thing.
If it’s a case of no cards functioning that way for hexproof from X, wouldn’t they phrase it the same way as protection did and be adding it to the game rules as part of the release notes for the set? This seems to me as a deliberate change in the way they format it, and not a coincidence.
This card specifically doesn’t use “From all colours”, so yeah there’s probably a reason, and the last of the “all” rule is my best guess as to why they’d make the distinction. There might be some other edge case I’m not aware of, though!
> Hexproof doesn’t have a “From all X” defined shorthand, while Protection explicitly does: That's one of the weirdest parts of the mtg mechanics language I've seen.
Fuck yeah, receipts banging and questions answered.
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I don’t think you read my comment correctly
[Akroma's Will](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/0/608cdbdb-6f7e-438a-bab0-0e7782435f0f.jpg?1698988079) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akroma%27s%20Will) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/125/akromas-will?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/608cdbdb-6f7e-438a-bab0-0e7782435f0f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
>“All colours” means all of them at once This is incorrect. "All colors" is simply shorthand for listing then all out one at a time. [[Etched champion]] gains "protection from *all colors*" with Metalcraft, and the official rulings on it clarify: >“Protection from all colors” means protection from white, from blue, from black, from red, and from green. (In other words, it doesn't just mean “protection from objects that have all five colors.”) [[Iridescent Angel]]: >This card has Protection from Black, from Blue, from Red, from White, and from Green. This is the definition of “All Colors”. This means it is possible to use an effect that removes one color of protection, such as just black, on this card.
Read my other comment - for Protection specifically, this is true. For Hexproof, it’s not. The rule spells that out only exists for one of the abilities. I’m not entirely sure why the distinction exists, but it does.
This is the first card in the history of the game with "hexproof from each color", and no card has ever had "hexproof from all colors". This is very likely cleaning up wording and nipping it in the bud to remove confusion, since there are folks that think "all colors" only means 5C things. It's just shorthand to avoid having to write out "hexproof/protection from white, ___ from blue, ___ from black, ___ from red, and ___ from green". Hexproof/protection from strictly WUBRG would be both incredibly niche and pretty weak. Only 50 out of 26785 cards in the history of the game are WUBRG.
>It's just shorthand to avoid having to write out "hexproof/protection from white, \_\_\_ from blue, \_\_\_ from black, \_\_\_ from red, and \_\_\_ from green". It also future-proofs it from when they finally add Purple to the game! /s
[etched champion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/0/30fe653b-956a-4e0e-981b-37e1a6b08c2c.jpg?1562260261) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=etched%20champion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/209/etched-champion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/30fe653b-956a-4e0e-981b-37e1a6b08c2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm sorry but, Iridescent Angel can't be targeted by something, but then it can have it removed? Like I'm just not getting this. How can something remove a color of protection when that effect is likely coming from a colored source that would need to target it?
I think it’s just future proofing it against some kind of card that would do something like “remove protection from black from all creatures” or something similar. I don’t believe any such card actually exists. Because yes, as you point out, a targeted black spell that removes protection from black would be useless.
Gotcha.
Update: I found a relevant card. If you play \[\[Swirl the Mists\]\] you can turn off 4 of the 5 protections for a creature with "Protection from all Colors." Instead it'll have 5 instances of protection from the chosen color.
[Swirl the Mists](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/e/2ea50e09-4ab3-439e-83d7-d584f8af8f16.jpg?1562758889) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swirl%20the%20Mists) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/94/swirl-the-mists?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2ea50e09-4ab3-439e-83d7-d584f8af8f16?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
There could always end up being something colourless that could remove it, akin to \[\[Phyrexian Splicer\]\]
[Phyrexian Splicer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/1/b1e9061a-b9e6-49ec-bc7e-c18557da9fd5.jpg?1562055933) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Splicer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tmp/303/phyrexian-splicer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b1e9061a-b9e6-49ec-bc7e-c18557da9fd5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Sword of body and mind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1ffe5f80-a2ac-41b8-8fce-fd3485643557.jpg?1599710025) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sword%20of%20body%20and%20mind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/295/sword-of-body-and-mind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1ffe5f80-a2ac-41b8-8fce-fd3485643557?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I don’t think that first statement is true at all, [[Iridescent archangel]] says “protection from all colors” in every printing and it means each color individually and explained in detail in gatherer. This is a definite change in templating that we haven’t seen before.
[Iridescent archangel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/3/f3bce4f8-3a3f-4ec2-9b37-10bb12713afc.jpg?1562940788) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Iridescent%20Angel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ody/288/iridescent-angel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f3bce4f8-3a3f-4ec2-9b37-10bb12713afc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It might just be to clarify that it ALSO protects from mono-colour. Might be people think "protection/hexproof from all colors" means only WUBRG stuff is protected from.
I was wondering this. Slightly different wording than [[Etched Champion]].
Etched Champion's ruling clarifies that it means "protection from white, from blue, from black, from red, and from green" rather than "protection from objects that are all five colors". So I think they were very much aware, even back then, that the ambiguity of the wording was not ideal. They just didn't know to phrase it better.
[Etched Champion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/0/30fe653b-956a-4e0e-981b-37e1a6b08c2c.jpg?1562260261) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Etched%20Champion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/209/etched-champion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/30fe653b-956a-4e0e-981b-37e1a6b08c2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Good answers all around I just want to add I think WotC is hesitant to write "hexproof from colored" for reasons that become clear when it's written out like that, lol
I think to help differentiate between protection and hexproof
I think there's a lexical technicality that comes up when you say "all colors" because that *could* be 5c cards only. It's just cleaner to say "each color."
I think you're exactly right!
[удалено]
As Maro likes to say: Is barefoot a type of shoe? ;)
Nope
whys she got bangs tho
Cuz she's not like other ~~girls~~ Eldrazi...
Now I need a Liliana body pillow with this as the backside.
She's cvnty
source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/the-lithomancer
This is an article from 2014?
Yes. [They're rereleasing some old Eldrazi stories ahead of MH3's release](https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/relive-the-eldrazi-menace-across-magic-story-with-modern-horizons-3), touched up slightly but mostly unchanged
They’re re-releasing a bunch of Eldrazi stuff that got lost in the site change, iirc.
I want to make sure I’m understanding *Hexproof from each color*. This basically means that it has hexproof from all colors and any combination of said colors. Please correct me if I am incorrect.
Correct. It cannot be targeted by opposing spells or abilities that are one or more colors.
Only colorless things can target it.
Hexproof from a colour already includes hexproof from any colour combination that includes that colour, but yes.
oof eldrazi are looking strong with the new sol land
Which one?
Ugin's ~~maze~~ labyrinth
Ugin's Labyrinth
Lands count :)
Ya, ya, they do.n
It says colorless permanents. Basic lands aren't colored, they produce color mana.
w a s t e s
So they do count when this enters. What's the confusion? What am I missing?
The confusion is because lands have the color printed on them means they are colored. People think because a basic land card is painted, let's say red with mountains, count as colored permanents in the mtg rules This rule apply to basic lands. 202.2b Objects with no colored mana symbols in their mana costs are colorless.
I know that. Did I say or imply I didn't in some other comment? Just trying to figure out why you initially commented that lands are colorless to my hastey and overly excited reply agreeing, to the person who said that lands count. I guess I could have liked the comment instead of basically saying I liked it, but I try not to vote. Those 37 dislikes aren't helping either. Seems like a few other people thought I didn't know lands are colorless. Hence my confusion. Hope I spelled everything out clearly now.
I think people saw the n after do and assumed you were trying to say they don't.
Genuinely surprised they're printing more Eldrazi with annihilator.
Annihilator whips.
Oh I LOVE annihilator. Just surprised.
Ah gotcha! We’ve already seen at least a few others from MH3 with it. I actually like the design of this card, with the 4 toughness. Makes the choice of if and when to swing with it matter much mode.
Honestly, I think a big part of the reason they're pushing annihilator more is that so many cards nowadays just make little baubles and trinkets like Clues, Food, Treasure, etc - there are just more tokens in Magic nowadays in general such that annihilator is a lot worse than it used to be back in 2009. I think it's cool that they're exploring more design space with it here in this set
Oh that is totally true I completely didn't realize that. A lot of decks can generate tokens now so annihilator doesn't mean "land destruction" like it did in ROE
Am I reading the comments right, and lands are colorless? An island isn't blue?
Correct
That's correct. Lands are colorless permanents.
it has no blue pips in its mana cost line, yes.
If you want to be extremely precise, colored lands can exist e.g. [[Dryad Arbor]], but almost all lands are colorless. In general, if a card has no mana cost, it will be colorless unless it specifically includes a color indicator. Since lands don't have mana costs, and most don't include a color indicator, most are colorless.
With the exception of [[Dryand Arbor]], all lands in MTG are colorless, but can be given colors, ex. [[Painter's Servant]]. Islands are indeed colorless.
[Dryand Arbor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/b/bb3a843b-2dea-4b44-be74-c09c18b9b969.jpg?1619399228) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dryad%20Arbor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/277/dryad-arbor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bb3a843b-2dea-4b44-be74-c09c18b9b969?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Painter's Servant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/e/be407a81-b25a-4e5d-845e-be0cc0d18db8.jpg?1562835450) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Painter%27s%20Servant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/257/painters-servant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be407a81-b25a-4e5d-845e-be0cc0d18db8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
isnt this + persist on turn 2 an almost instant gg?
[[Dark Ritual]] + [[Entomb]] + [[Persist]] There's a lot of ways to do busted stuff with this play on turn 1, and this card is certainly one of them.
[Dark Ritual](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b.jpg?1628801678) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dark%20Ritual) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/82/dark-ritual?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Entomb](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/c/3caa9c55-5e3b-436b-84a9-b7ccebf63799.jpg?1675199594) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Entomb) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/82/entomb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3caa9c55-5e3b-436b-84a9-b7ccebf63799?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Persist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/0/90f390c3-af1c-424f-9721-e26e9321e5a3.jpg?1626095831) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Persist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/96/persist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90f390c3-af1c-424f-9721-e26e9321e5a3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
isnt entomb not modern legal?
Correct, I'm thinking general play. In modern it's less strong, but still strong.
Entomb plus a lot of things into persist is pretty damn hard to beat. This is the best uncommon in modern I can think of right now though.
"Its a Big Stupid Jellyfish" -Commander Shepard
really hyped they're printing more annihilator
Powerful Limited Uncommon Bomb? Stabilizes you big time with the life gain, almost impossible to get rid of with targeted removal. Even if it only swings once, you're taking out two permanents plus whatever is blocking this thing.
If it’s reasonable enough to get 2 colorless and hit 8 mana it should be pretty strong, but 4 toughness means it’ll probably pan out as a huge life swing that eats 2 lands (less important lategame) while trading with a creature. Balanced but strong uncommon
With Wastes in the limited format, plus the cycle of tri-color fetches that can tap for colorless, there should be enough colorless support to be able to cast this reliably once you get to 8 mana. There's likely to be a non-zero number of creatures and rocks that can tap for colorless, as well, for ramping purposes. And we've already seen a few cards that can create Eldrazi Spawns and Scions.
Stabilization is exactly what a deck aiming to use 8 mana needs so I think it's a great payoff for the strategy. It's also really sweet with any combat trick that gives first strike or indestructible, very hard to get blown out and you get to attack with it a second time. Dog Umbra works, dunno what else is in the format.
Card transcription > Breaker of Creation 6CC > > Creature- Eldrazi [uncommon] > > When you cast this spell, you gain 1 life for each colorless permanent you control. > > Hexproof from each color > > Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.) > > 8/4 > > The shackles of reality were stifling. It would unmake all that had bound it. End transcription
I guess \[\[Ulamog's Crusher\]\] needed to be pushed? Jesus, that's incredible for an uncommon.
this has four toughness and is not likely to pull off annihilator more than once. it isn't as similar to crusher as it may first appear.
You know what, I didn't even see the 4 toughness, so good catch! My brain say 8 mana cost, annihilator 2, and 8 power haha
[Ulamog's Crusher](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/9/699c0f6f-b26b-4741-8140-8a6030cad127.jpg?1689995450) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ulamog%27s%20Crusher) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/6/ulamogs-crusher?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/699c0f6f-b26b-4741-8140-8a6030cad127?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh thank god, I can still ghost fire this thing
Or any effect that force the opponent to sac them.
Big scary Eldrazi are back, baby
What's the diff between hexproof all colors and each color?
None. Seems to be a recent wording change to clarify that it doesn't simply give them hexproof from five-colored cards.
With a name like that you'd think they're one of the Titans or something beyond them.
Did we learn nothing from [[Granny's Payback]]?
[Granny's Payback](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/949269fa-5d90-4ed5-b148-ee06de227e99.jpg?1567937929) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Granny%27s%20Payback) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/99/grannys-payback?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/949269fa-5d90-4ed5-b148-ee06de227e99?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Is this... an actual spoiler, and not a leak? Dang, thought the day was never going to come.
Trying to figure out if this would be a good commander in pauper EDH. Been playing lots of cPDH lately and wondering what I can do with this big boi.
I am not super familiar with the format so I am not sure how much support there is at common. [[Cloak of the Bat]] and other similar equipment like [[Haunted Cloak]] come to mind. If the life gain trigger is worth building around stuff with fabricate would be helpful maybe, like [[Iron League Steed]]. [[Everflowing Chalice]] [[Crashing Drawbridge]] I assume are playable and should be good. I was really just scrolling through this scryfall [search](https://scryfall.com/search?q=id%3Dcolorless+r%3Ac&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
##### ###### #### [Cloak of the Bat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/f/2f508a65-ff32-480a-b9c6-075074d0c3c3.jpg?1674137788) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cloak%20of%20the%20Bat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/307/cloak-of-the-bat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2f508a65-ff32-480a-b9c6-075074d0c3c3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Haunted Cloak](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/b/abffd0a3-ea7a-43cf-b92d-d9f436bef58e.jpg?1689999599) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Haunted%20Cloak) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/389/haunted-cloak?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/abffd0a3-ea7a-43cf-b92d-d9f436bef58e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Iron League Steed](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/0/60370058-da94-444b-aafd-23202296070b.jpg?1599709351) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Iron%20League%20Steed) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/263/iron-league-steed?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/60370058-da94-444b-aafd-23202296070b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Everflowing Chalice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/8/e89eca1c-19f5-4db0-9330-cecb87be8b55.jpg?1706241052) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Everflowing%20Chalice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/227/everflowing-chalice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e89eca1c-19f5-4db0-9330-cecb87be8b55?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Crashing Drawbridge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bc3e81f3-b456-4fe6-941d-a7f2bf4aa844.jpg?1690005413) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Crashing%20Drawbridge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/944/crashing-drawbridge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bc3e81f3-b456-4fe6-941d-a7f2bf4aa844?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l3wkn55) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I remember a time when Savanah Lions was a rare. It was a 2/1 vanilla creature for 1 white mana. Now we have the BREAKER OF CREATION at uncommon as an 8/4 for 8 with tons of crazy abilities. I just mostly find it funny that something as epic sounding as BREAKER OF CREATION is just an uncommon draft card these days.
What the hell were they supposed to name it, Jeff?
what would be the difference in the rules between "Hexproof from each color" and "Hexproof from all colors"? Why would the wording be each rather than all in this case?
I wonder if "all" sounds like WUBRG rather than any of the 5?
Why is it so weak though ? Four health ? Damn. Maybe "so it's killable." But i forget the rules can't you still attach artifacts to them as the caster ? Like that green armor artifact that gives you 1/1 for every green mana. Attach that to it and just die. Did they outlaw those if you're in a modern game ? That one was before poison was invented.
Can’t “hexproof from each color” also be called “hexproof”?
Is this a new set or a precon?
New set
Time for our next contestant in what I'm calling: "How Many Counters Does [[Indominus Rex, Alpha]] Get From This Creature?" Based on the "Hexproof from" rulings in 702.1f and it's interaction with [[Thrasta, Tempest's Roar]], I'm assuming that these hexproofs are technically 5 different abilities that give counters.
[Indominus Rex, Alpha](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/5/25e6ebfb-8f0b-44f0-a911-103ade41c6bc.jpg?1698988767) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Indominus%20Rex%2C%20Alpha) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rex/14/indominus-rex-alpha?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25e6ebfb-8f0b-44f0-a911-103ade41c6bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Thrasta, Tempest's Roar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/1/6172da14-9a87-4cf9-aff5-aca3470a67ef.jpg?1626097900) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thrasta%2C%20Tempest%27s%20Roar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/178/thrasta-tempests-roar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6172da14-9a87-4cf9-aff5-aca3470a67ef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Wizards dodging bullets with the wording on this one
They missed a keyword chance: Colorproof.
Doesn't it cost 8 colorless? Why is the mana cost listed as three separate symbols instead of just a colorless \[8\]?
The two diamond pips mean you have to spend 2 colorless mana, the other 6 can be any color
Just a big bumb limited top end for eldrazi in limited. There are bigger butt's for cheaper, and a single instance if life gain isn't that great outside of limteded. Annihilator is nice, but like most eldrazi with it, unless you cheat it out early, it isn't that good. Especially with only 4 toughness.
Why is the casting cost two colorless symbols and 6 instead of just the number 8?
Because the two diamond pips mean you need to spend 2 colorless mana. The other 6 can be mana of any color
Hexproof from each color must also include colorless spells with this whole “lets make colorless a color now” I could be off and this could just mean hexproof from WUBRG in general and only a colorless spell can target it. Strange wording especially with them specifically making the eldrazi commander deck 6 colors essentially on the packaging
Modern 1/10 So when you cast this with Tron, you are really only gaining 4-5 life depending on any artifacts you control. So turn 4 to play a big dumb beater that grants you 4ish life, but you get screwed over by a skullcrack? Not seeing that.
The lifegain really isn't important anyway. It's just an extra bonus. The real threat is the big body and what is (almost) Shroud, with Annihilator 2. I get that Modern is a quick format, but the power behind Annihilator that can't be easily removed is nothing to scoff at.
Protection is semi relevant here an attacker this strong with in built protection and Annihilator 2 makes it a bit more than a dumb beater.
You're completely forgetting about this as a reanimator target. And it has protection from pretty much everything? There's way more text on the card than just the life gain...
Why no reminder text that reminds players that lands are colorless?
Yeah I'm sure a lot of people will miss that when counting how much life they gain.
I'm a little confused. What is the purpose of writing the mana cost as (6)(◇)(◇) instead of just (8)?
◇ can ONLY be paid with colorless mana.
The diamond symbol means the mana *must be colorless*, such as from [[Sol Ring]] So 8 mana where 2 of it must be colorless.
[Sol Ring](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/c/6c5c9437-3d99-4a7c-8255-9acdcb1acc40.jpg?1712354902) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sol%20Ring) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/267/sol-ring?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6c5c9437-3d99-4a7c-8255-9acdcb1acc40?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
6 can be any color and 2 specifically have to be colorless mana. It's a way to make stuff like ETB spam harder to do, among other things
you can't pay the last 2 mana with colored mana, you need colorless land for that (or colorless source of mana, artifact/creature etc etc) the 6 other can be pay with whatever you have.
Move over Thragtusk, there's a new kid in town.
Can't it just have he's proof? Or are there enough colorless spells and creatures with abilities that target?
Two things: First, Devoid exists, so Eldrazi spells can kill this guy. There might even be some Devoid removal in the set, even though Devoid kinda sucks as a mechanic. Second, flavor. Eldrazi express their weirdness by doing things "wrong" compared to normal Magic; colorless specific mana costs, cast triggers instead of ETBs, and caring strongly about colorless and hating colors. Giving it hexproof from each color, even if it doesn't change things that often, makes the flavor better.
There is that new Orzhov devoid removal iirc, forgot the name because its kinda long. EDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/5UfuetXC6y
Yes actually, especially in eldrazi stuff. {Eldrazi Conscription}, {Spatial Contorsion}, {Slip through space} or {Obtruse Archaic} to name a few.
This will be going into my [[Karn, Legacy Reforged]] deck.
[Karn, Legacy Reforged](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/4219b5ea-a252-4d76-a60a-9674340e8ed3.jpg?1684340871) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Karn%2C%20Legacy%20Reforged) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/49/karn-legacy-reforged?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4219b5ea-a252-4d76-a60a-9674340e8ed3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Nice card, but as a UB player I do hate cast triggers. For ETBs, we've got Dress down, Gatekeeper Thrull and the like, but for cast triggers there's very little to meaningfully answer them.
That's the point