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Multicolored cards require mana from two or more different colors to be played. Multicolored cards tend to combine the philosophy and mechanics of all the colors used in the spell's cost. For examples <c>Quicksilver Dagger</c> and <c>Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind</c>, which combine blue's ability to draw cards with red's ability to deal (direct) damage ("[[ping]]ing"). |
Multicolored cards require mana from two or more different colors to be played. Multicolored cards tend to combine the philosophy and mechanics of all the colors used in the spell's cost. For examples <c>Quicksilver Dagger</c> and <c>Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind</c>, which combine blue's ability to draw cards with red's ability to deal (direct) damage ("[[ping]]ing"). |
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Multicolored cards tend to be more powerful compared to single-color or even hybrid cards, because of the restriction of having to play all the colors in the casting cost. |
Multicolored cards tend to be more powerful compared to single-color or even hybrid cards, because of the restriction of having to play all the colors in the casting cost. |
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==Two colors== |
==Two colors== |
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Using color pairs to structure the [[Limited]] environment does a lot for [[development]] to create a better product.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/ld/266|Color Pairs in Limited, Part 1|[[Sam Stoddard]]|September 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/ld/267|Color Pairs in Limited, Part 2|[[Sam Stoddard]]|September 27, 2013}}</ref> |
Using color pairs to structure the [[Limited]] environment does a lot for [[development]] to create a better product.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/ld/266|Color Pairs in Limited, Part 1|[[Sam Stoddard]]|September 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/ld/267|Color Pairs in Limited, Part 2|[[Sam Stoddard]]|September 27, 2013}}</ref> |
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===Shards=== |
===Shards=== |
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+ | Shards are sets of three colors (a color and its two allies) that form an arc, or an obtuse triangle: [[Bant]] ({{nowrap|{{G}}/{{W}}/{{U}}}}), [[Esper]] ({{nowrap|{{W}}/{{U}}/{{B}}}}), [[Grixis]] ({{nowrap|{{U}}/{{B}}/{{R}}}}), [[Jund]] ({{nowrap|{{B}}/{{R}}/{{G}}}}) and [[Naya]] ({{nowrap|{{R}}/{{G}}/{{W}}}}). The Shards, and the term Shards, were established in the 2008 block [[Shards of Alara]].<ref name="Shard">{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/mm/3|Between a Rock and a Shard Place|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 08, 2008}}</ref> Within the Shards, the color that is allied to both of the other colors is considered the "primary" color of the shard by the design team; with Bant, for example, White is the primary color. |
===Wedges=== |
===Wedges=== |
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Wedges are sets of three colors (a color and its two enemies) that form a wedge shape, or an acute triangle.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/mm/146|On Wedge|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 06, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|ftl/commanders-and-khans|Commanders and Khans|Mike Cannon|August 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|arcana/wedges-numbers-2014-08-27|Wedges, by the Numbers|Blake Rasmussen|August 27, 2014}}</ref> The official names for the wedges are [[Abzan]] {{nowrap|({{W}}/{{B}}/{{G}})}}, [[Jeskai]] {{nowrap|({{U}}/{{R}}/{{W}})}}, [[Sultai]] {{nowrap|({{B}}/{{G}}/{{U}})}}, [[Mardu]] {{nowrap|({{R}}/{{W}}/{{B}})}}, and [[Temur]] {{nowrap|({{G}}/{{U}}/{{R}})}}.<ref>{{NewRef|arcana/wedges-numbers-part-2-2014-09-29|Wedges by the Numbers, Part 2|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|September 29, 2014}}</ref> |
Wedges are sets of three colors (a color and its two enemies) that form a wedge shape, or an acute triangle.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/mm/146|On Wedge|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 06, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|ftl/commanders-and-khans|Commanders and Khans|Mike Cannon|August 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|arcana/wedges-numbers-2014-08-27|Wedges, by the Numbers|Blake Rasmussen|August 27, 2014}}</ref> The official names for the wedges are [[Abzan]] {{nowrap|({{W}}/{{B}}/{{G}})}}, [[Jeskai]] {{nowrap|({{U}}/{{R}}/{{W}})}}, [[Sultai]] {{nowrap|({{B}}/{{G}}/{{U}})}}, [[Mardu]] {{nowrap|({{R}}/{{W}}/{{B}})}}, and [[Temur]] {{nowrap|({{G}}/{{U}}/{{R}})}}.<ref>{{NewRef|arcana/wedges-numbers-part-2-2014-09-29|Wedges by the Numbers, Part 2|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|September 29, 2014}}</ref> |
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| − | Before ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'', the names used were Dega {{nowrap|({{W}}/{{B}}/{{R}})}}, Ceta {{nowrap|({{U}}/{{R}}/{{G}})}}, Necra {{nowrap|({{B}}/{{G}}/{{W}})}}, Raka {{nowrap|({{R}}/{{W}}/{{U}})}} and Ana {{nowrap|({{G}}/{{U}}/{{B}})}},<ref name="Shard" /><ref>{{NewRef|ld/developing-wedges-2014-08-29|Developing Wedges|[[Sam Stoddard]]|August 29, 2014}}</ref> and collectively referred to as Bizarralara (named after Bizarro, an enemy of Superman who's an imperfect clone of him).<ref>{{cite web | title=Khan Do Attitude, Part 1 | url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/khan-do-attitude-part-1-2014-09-01 | author=Rosewater, Mark | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date=1 September 2014 | accessdate=10 November 2014}}</ref> These names come from five cycles in [[Apocalypse]], i.e. <c>Dega Disciple</c>, <c>Ceta Sanctuary</c>, <c>Necravolver</c>, but were never the official names for the wedges.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/92958204958/one-of-the-biggest-part-of-doing-wedges-is-to-finally|title=Does that mean that Ana, Ceta, Necra, Dega, and Raka were never the official wedge names?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> Unofficial names for the wedges prior to Khans include Junk ({{W}}{{B}}{{G}}) <ref>Alexander Shearer. (9 Mar, 2010.) [http://www.channelfireball.com/home/in-development-the-many-flavors-of-junk/ In Development – The Many Flavors of Junk], channelfireball.com, Channel Fireball.</ref> and America ({{U}}{{R}}{{W}}). |
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==Four colors== |
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Multicolored (also "multicolor", "multi-colored", "multi-color"; as opposed to "monocolored", "mono-colored" "single-colored") cards were introduced in the Legends set, and use a gold frame to distinguish them. For this reason, they can be referred to as "gold" cards.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Description
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (April 12, 2024—Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
- Multicolored
- An object with two or more colors is multicolored. Multicolored is not a color. See rule 105, “Colors,” and rule 202, “Mana Cost and Color.”
Multicolored cards require mana from two or more different colors to be played. Multicolored cards tend to combine the philosophy and mechanics of all the colors used in the spell's cost. For examples Quicksilver Dagger and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, which combine blue's ability to draw cards with red's ability to deal (direct) damage ("pinging").
Two-color hybrid cards that can be paid with either of the card's colors (as opposed to both) were introduced in Ravnica. They are considered to be of both colors (See rule 202.2d). Hybrid revolves around the mechanics and philosophies that the two colors have in common. The cards are distinguished by a gradient frame with those two colors.
Multicolored cards tend to be more powerful compared to single-color or even hybrid cards, because of the restriction of having to play all the colors in the casting cost.
Two colors
Using color pairs to structure the Limited environment does a lot for development to create a better product.[8][9]
Allied colors
White-Blue
White-Blue is slow and steady. Typical white-blue decks stall the game and let the users cast their major spells in late game.
Common mechanics: Flying, Flash, tapping, effects that prevent creatures from attacking or blocking, returning permanents to hand, counterspells, temporarily exiling permanents
Common creature types: Birds, Kithkin, Wizards
Ravnica guild: Azorius Senate
Blue-Black
Blue-black is related to secrets and forbidden knowledge. Blue's emphasis of information and black's solitary nature combine to create a very secretive color pair. The opponents' of Blue-Black decks often realize that they are going to lose when it is too late.
Common mechanics: Milling, card draw, discard, library manipulation, casting from graveyard, large creatures with big drawbacks, unblockability
Common creature types: Merfolk, Faeries, Rogues
Ravnica guild: House Dimir
Black-Red
Black's anti-sociality and Red's hedonism combine to create a very sadistic and sociopathic color pair. Black-red decks typically prefer overwhelming opponents at all cost, often at the expense of their own creatures and even their users' life total.
Common mechanics: Haste, Wither, spells that are undercosted but hurt the casters, sacrifice, direct damage, disallowing life gain, power boosting, +X/-X effects
Common creature types: Demons, Elementals, Goblins
Ravnica Guild: Cult of Rakdos
Red-Green
Red-Green is very unthinking, considering the fact that it has red's impulsiveness and green's preference for instinct over mind. Red-Green decks are typically highly aggressive and attempt to overwhelm their opponents with pure strength.
Common mechanics: Trample, Haste, Land Removal, +X/+X effects, Ramp, direct damage, Aggressive creatures
Common creature types: Warriors, Shamans, Goblins
Ravnica Guild: Gruul Clans
Green-White
Green-White detests black's individualistic attitude and is the color pair of group and unity. Green-White thrives in being in groups.
Common mechanics: Vigilance, creature tokens, protecting creatures, massive creature boosting, life gain, enchantments
Common creature types: Elfs, Centaurs, Knights
Ravnica Guild: Selesnya Conclave
Enemy color
White-Black
White-Black as a color represents corruption or dishonesty under the clever veil of mercy and/or kindness. As a mechanic, White-black is about gradually killing one's enemies, with white slowing the game down and black destroying opponent's creatures and drain their lives.
Common mechanics: Lifelink, parasitism, life gain, return creatures from graveyard, massive removal, permanent exiling, extort
Common creature types: Spirits, Clerics
Ravnica guild: Orzhov Syndicate
Blue-Red
After combining Blue's desire for progress and red's impulsiveness, Blue-Red is a color pair that focus on innovation.
Common mechanics: Power/toughness switching, reusing instants/sorceries, time manipulation (e.g. taking additional turns), copying spells and abilities, changing targets of other spells and abilities, looting, gaining control of permanents
Common creature types: Wizards, Weirds, Noggles
Ravnica Guild: Izzet League
Black-Green
Black-Green embodies the cycle of life and death and thrives on exploiting the cycle. Black-Green capitalize on creatures that slowly grow over time or those that have special effects when they die.
Common mechanics: Regeneration, Deathtouch, +1/+1 counters, reusing creature cards, exiling from graveyard, destruction of nonland permanents
Common creature types: Zombies, Elves, Plants
Ravnica Guild: Golgari Swarm
Red-White
Red-White represents enforcement of justice, as a mixture of red's readiness to take action and white's insistence on honor.
Common mechanics: First strike, Double strike, small creatures, bonuses to attacking creatures
Common creature types: Soldiers, Giants
Ravnica Guild: Boros Legion
Green-Blue
Green-Blue is the color pair of progress. Both green and blue enjoy seeing the world evolve, although the former prefers reaching it by natural selection while the latter prefers artificial means.
Common mechanics: Flash, Shroud, Hexproof, card draw, search library, +1/+1 counters
Common creature types: Wizards, Beasts, Mutants
Ravnica Guild: Simic Combine
Three colors
Several sets have had major three-color themes, most notably in the Alara and Tarkir blocks. The Alara block focused on the shards in Shards of Alara, but had a strong five-color theme in Conflux and focused more on two-color gold cards in Alara Reborn with its all-gold gimmick. The Khans of Tarkir block only focuses on wedges in its namesake set Khans of Tarkir.[10] As such, three-colored cards can show up every now and again in other sets.[11]
Shards
Shards are sets of three colors (a color and its two allies) that form an arc, or an obtuse triangle: Bant (
//), Esper (//
), Grixis (//
), Jund (//) and Naya (//). The Shards, and the term Shards, were established in the 2008 block Shards of Alara.[12] Within the Shards, the color that is allied to both of the other colors is considered the "primary" color of the shard by the design team; with Bant, for example, White is the primary color.
Wedges
Wedges are sets of three colors (a color and its two enemies) that form a wedge shape, or an acute triangle.[13][14][15] The official names for the wedges are Abzan (//), Jeskai (//), Sultai (//), Mardu (//), and Temur (//).[16]
Four colors
Four color cards are hard to design.[17] The Nephilim from Guildpact are the only four colored cards to date.[18] There's no agreed on name for these color combinations.[19]
Five colors
The first card with five colors was 1996 World Champion, the first one that was officially released was Sliver Queen.[20]
External links
- Magic: The Gathering Combination Names: Tool that allows selecting colors to show the name for the particular color combination, as well as a representative symbol if available.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 14, 2005). "Midas Touch". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille (January 16, 2009). "Multicolor Mana in Limited". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2009). "Golden Oldies". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Zvi Mowshowitz (May 18, 2009). "Top 50 Gold Cards of All Time". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille (April 24, 2009). "Hybridizing Gold". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Dave Humpherys (March 15, 2013). "Grading Gold". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (April 23, 2009). "It's the Goldest!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (September 27, 2013). "Color Pairs in Limited, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (September 27, 2013). "Color Pairs in Limited, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (September 02, 2014). "". Tumblr.
- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (September 02, 2014). "". Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 08, 2008). "Between a Rock and a Shard Place". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 06, 2011). "On Wedge". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 13, 2013). "Absence". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 23, 2006). "Now I Know My ABC’s". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (April 18, 2014). "". Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 02, 2009). "Party of Five". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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