Gauntlet of Might

Enchantment Niches

Glass Casket has me concerned. It feels like, ever since colored artifacts became an every-set thing, there just aren't that many mechanical niches for enchantments anymore. Artifacts get to also be creatures, cost generic mana, have tap abilities... the list goes on. The only thing enchantments can do that artifacts can't is attach to objects other than creatures you control.

Artifacts have had global effects since the game began back in Alpha (Ankh of Mishra, Black Lotus, Copper Tablet, Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Howling Mine, Kormus Bell, Meekstone, Sunglasses of Urza, and Winter Orb). The change is we’re allowing artifacts to have colored mana costs (and even this we’ve done for over ten years - just not at the current levels). This means the overlap between artifacts and enchantments, which has always been there, is a little more noticeable.The color pie is determined by the mana cost of the card, so if white can do something as an enchantment, it means it can do it as an artifact, The result of this is we have to lean a little more on the flavor to help make them feel different from one another.

Alpha Ankh of Mishra Artifacts Attach Black Black Lotus Color Pie Colorless Colors Copper Tablet Creatures Dingus Egg Egg Enchantments Flavor Gauntlet of Might Glass Casket Howling Mine Kormus Bell Mana Meekstone Orb Sunglasses of Urza Tap / Untap White Winter Orb

Identity of Colored Artifacts

I feel like colored artifacts lose the identity of what artifacts are.

I get that they stop being something every deck can play, but that was the problem. I don’t think that they can’t feel of a certain color. Gauntlet of Might always felt like a red artifact, for example.

Artifacts Colors Gauntlet of Might Red

Gauntlet Cycle Possibility

Having made a generic Gauntlet of Might in Gauntlet of Power, do you see ever making a complete cycle, i.e. Gauntlet of Chivalry, Gauntlet of Destiny, Gauntlet of Desire and Gauntlet of Scholarship ?

No, the effect isn’t something every color needs evenly.

Colorless Colors Gauntlet of Might Gauntlet of Power

Commander Rules Oddity

I agree with your views on Commander color identity. It's completely unintuitive that a mono-green commander cannot play Noble Heirarch, nor Dryad Militant, nor Tezzeret's Gambit, but *can* play a golem with affinity for swamps or Gauntlet of Might.

Another quirky side-effect: “T, Pay one life: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool” is allowed in every deck. “T, Pay one life: Add W, U, B, R or G to your mana pool” is not allowed except in five-color commander decks. One template everyone can use it and one almost no one can.

Affinity Color Identity Colors Commander Dryad Dryad Militant Gauntlet of Might Golem Green Mana Noble Templating Tezzeret's Gambit

Hybrid Cards Discussion

(Glyn) "That can already happen right now. Gauntlet of Might can be played in any deck along with an Alloy Golem and a Scrapbasket. Both can get a bonus for being red. This exception happening should not override the basic tenet of hybrid representing “or”. At least, that’s what I believe." But those are colorless artifacts benefitting from a colorless artifact, not a 2-color card benefitting from another 2-color card because it has a second color in what should be a one-color deck.

I don’t see the difference. In each case, there are cards skirting the color identity rules. Why is one perfectly fine and the other some abomination?

Alloy Golem Artifacts Color Identity Colorless Colors Gauntlet of Might Golem Hybrid Red Rules Scrapbasket

Commander Hybrid Mana

(Glyn) On Commander + Hybrid: As I understand it, under your rule, a mono-green Omnath deck could run Morselhoarder and Runes of the Deus and Morselhoarder would still get both buffs. This sort of interaction, even if it's rare, definitely feels like it violates the spirit of the color identity rule--a mono-green deck is gaining a buff from a card being red. Why do you think this sort of interplay should be allowed? Or, alternatively, what would you do to prevent it?

That can already happen right now. Gauntlet of Might can be played in any deck along with an Alloy Golem and a Scrapbasket. Both can get a bonus for being red. This exception happening should not override the basic tenet of hybrid representing “or”. At least, that’s what I believe. Note that I’m just giving my personal opinion (not Wizards) and have no input into the Commander format.

Alloy Golem Color Identity Colors Commander Gauntlet of Might Golem Green Hybrid Morselhoarder Rares Red Rules Runes of the Deus Scrapbasket Spirit