Staff of Nin

Colorless Card Drawing

Dawn of Hope and Mentor of the Meek have been regarded as colour pie breaks, however there are colourless cards that can much more reliably draw cards than pretty much any white card. Classics like Staff of Nin and Skullclamp but also recent things more inline with modern colour philosophy like Arch of Orazca and Endless Atlas. Why is mono brown allowed to draw cards but white can't?

Colorless cards can do things colors can’t (like say destroy enchantments). We just have to be careful what rate we set them at.

Arch of Orazca Card Draw Colorless Colors Dawn of Hope Destroy Enchantments Endless Atlas Mentor Mentor of the Meek Modern Skullclamp Staff of Nin White

Commander Identity Limits

If I play Richard Garfield, Ph.D. in Commander, can I play cards outside my commander's identity with his ability (like a Staff of Nin played as an Obelisk of Alara)? How about playing cards on the ban list (like Jace's Sanctum as a Gift's Ungiven)?

Richard Garfield PhD can only play cards legal in the format you’re playing. I will extrapolate that to mean only legal in your color identity.

Bannings Color Identity Colors Commander Format Legality Format Legality Jace's Sanctum Obelisk of Alara Richard Garfield Richard Garfield, Ph.D. Staff of Nin

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