Leaving aside that Buffy knows people with magic and her "grounded-ness" is questionable, how is she green? Half her motivation is to protect her family and loved ones, and the other half is to do what's right regardless of the situation - it's hard to think of someone more clearly in tune with white.

The Watchers Council is white. It’s the one motivated by the greater good and with strict rules to ensure that vampires are properly dealt with. Buffy has huge issues with the Watchers Council because she doesn’t like their rules (or having to follow rules general). If you want to attribute her loyalty to her friends, that plays out in a much more red way. And “doing what’s right” was never her core motivation.

If/When a colorshifter version of Greater good in black. It seems to fit very well!

If, but possible.

Have Wizards tested sacrifice related card draw in monowhite? White took some color pie space of drawing based on creature effects (etb) from Blue/Green which was an elegant solution because those effects seemed very white anyways. Has the team thought about doing similar with Black's near monopoly on creatures dying to draw cards. It seems very "for the greater good." Or are people satisfied enough with how much it has already improved in the last few years

Sacrificing other creatures for a benefit is very not white.

Is it not as simple as: Treasures are green mechanically but not thematically, and vice versa, they're white thematically but not mechanically, and when forced to choose, R&D prefers to prioritize the mechanical integrity of the color pie? Tradeoffs exist! It's fine!

I would argue that Treasure is not thematic to white. White is the least influenced by things like money. In fact, white would see something like treasure as a negative influence that makes people act selfishly and against the greater good. So it doesn’t make sense mechanically or thematically.

Hi, I would like to make use of my birthday question voucher! But rather than trivia, could I ask you about the color pie? Specifically: is the characteristic of sacrificing ones health to achieve ones goals in Blacks slice of the pie, as it is a form of "greatness at any cost" or is it really depending on the goal you want to reach? For example, would a scientist who drowns themselves in their work to the point of health problems be blue or black/blue or something else entirely? Thanks!

All colors can do that depending on the reason. A white character, for example, might sacrifice their health if their work is for the greater good.

Little philosophical debate: White seems very much in-line with Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarianism - the action that provides the greatest good for the greatest number of people is the most moral/ethical action. If White believed that an assassination of a politician/leader would lead to the greater good, would White do it?

White’s willing to do all sorts of things if it truly believes it’s for the greater good.

I thought the templating on Assassin's Trophy, etc., was to restrict play patterns, but upon hearing that's it's for the sake of digital, I'm somewhat disappointed. I understand that one egregious misclick can sour an experience (it's happened), but I believe the paper game should come first. I have wanted to Assassin's Trophy my own permanents before, and I have lost by decking myself with Agent of Treachery; I would much rather be allowed more choice, even if that comes with a cost to digital.

Magic has to live in a world where both tabletop and digital have to coexist. Much like every Magic decision isn’t made solely with one format in mind, neither is it made with only one medium in mind. I understand that each player hopes we prioritize how they play, but it is thinking of the greater good of all Magic that guides our decisions.

I'd argue that Batman's desire to 'save' Gotham from crime comes way more from Black reasons. He doesn't want to do it to help people, although he'll sometimes pretend as such, he does it because of an obsessive complex born of his desire to avenge his parents. It lets him pretend to have power in a world gone mad. There is certainly some White to him, but to say he's non-black kinda misses a large part of the point of the character in modern times, that he's just as broken as his foes.

He dips into the dark side of white - he’s obsessive, he takes dramatic steps because it’s what he thinks is for the greater good, he assumes that the worst is going to happen and plans accordingly often violating the trust of others, but none of that comes from a place of putting his needs above that of the city/worldHe wants to keep offers from suffering they way he has suffered and yes, the job gives his life purpose, but seeing Batman as being driven by a desire to do what is best for himself at the cost of what is good for society is a very untraditional read of the character, and this from someone who’s read Batman for forty plus years.

Perfect example of extreme, dark White: Elesh Norn. She sees flesh as a weakness upon the world and believes everyone should be strengthened and united as one through compleation. She believes the compleation of Mirrodin was for the greater good by uniting all under one purpose and identity.

Good example.

"Elements of white often find ways to justify violence in the name of the greater good." I feel your color pie-isms are becoming, for lack of a better term, black and white. White's Retributative nature has nothing to do with the greater good. I feel like the current color pie basically says that white can never get angry, red cant introspect, blue cant go on a rampage, green only cares about nature and black cant care about others.... why is this happening?

White can and does get angry, but even in its anger white believes that it is trying to work for the greater good, to make the world a better place. If White’s anger was just a personal vendetta without any higher moralistic backing, it would stop being white.