Universal Solvent

Color Pie Rules and Artifacts

You've said a color pie break is when it undermines a weakness in a color. What of Scour from Existence and Universal Solvent, which let any color remove any type of permanent? Or in general, there's a whole lineage of artifacts that let e.g. green deal damage to creatures or give them flying. If the justification is it's less efficient than what other colors have access to, that could also justify Desert Twister? (Which sounds right to me: that weaknesses are relative rather than absolute.)

Most players do not understand power level. The difference between a color doing something, in the color, and not, can’t be differentiated solely by mana cost because the majority of players won’t get where the line is and will just read it as something the color does. Generic cost artifacts can hit the line because it’s not communicating that a specific color can do something, and we can set the mana cost to keep from causing practical issues. For example, destroying any permanent in generic mana always costs at least 7.

Artifacts Color Pie Colorless Colors Creatures Deal Damage Desert Twister Flying Green Mana Power Level Rules Scour from Existence Universal Solvent

Scour from Existence Clarification

Hi Mark, BFZ had the common "Scour from Existence", which exiled a permanent for 7 mana. Is it a part of "colourless can do anything the colours could (including multicoloured) at a higher cost", or was it a bend/break for Eldrazi flavour? Universal Solvent from KLD seems to imply the former.

We’ve drawn the line that colorless sources can destroy any permanent for seven mana.

Battle for Zendikar Bend / Break Colorless Colors Destroy Eldrazi Flavor Kaladesh Mana Scour from Existence The Exile Zone Universal Solvent

Color Pie and Artifacts

"The two combinations that can “destroy target permanent” are White/Black and Black/Green." Except that all colors have access to it now with Universal Solvent, albeit at a very high cost

Artifacts, being able to do things, doesn’t actually effect what’s in each color’s color pie. We’re just careful not to undermine it with costing.

Artifacts Black Color Pie Colors Destroy Golgari (B/G) Green Orzhov (W/B) Universal Solvent White

Universal Solvent Mystery

How come universal solvent doesn't degrade the container it's in?

Trade secret.

Universal Solvent

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