Thought Distortion

Slaughter Games Color Pie

Hey mark, I'm in an argument with a friend. My friend says that Slaughter Games is a color pie break because it shouldn't be red, because it doesn't need red to do anything it does, since black gets surgical extraction, and black can get "can't be countered" if it needs to (eg: thought distortion.) I'm arguing that that isn't how the color pie works, a card is in pie if all its effects fit in its colors, that a card having too many colors isn't a break. Who's correct?

You’re correct, but there’s a little nuance to it. First, a two-color card is allowed if one of the two colors can do the effect. That’s not considered a color pie break. There some aesthetic reasons we don’t do it too often, but it’s allowed colorpiewise.Second, “can’t be countered” is primary in red and tertiary in black. Black really isn’t supposed to be doing it often, and on a two-color card, tertiary abilities aren’t supposed to be used. That means the “can’t be countered” is coming from red.

Bend / Break Black Color Pie Colors Primary Red Slaughter Slaughter Games Surgical Extraction Tertiary Thought Distortion

Classification of Thought Distortion

"Uncounterable is already in blue, red and green. We don’t need it in a fourth color." Does this mean Thought Distortion is a break?

Let’s call it a bend. It’s not something black is supposed to be doing, but it doesn’t undercut a weakness of the color.

Bend / Break Black Blue Colors Green Red Thought Distortion

Thought Distortion Colour Distribution

Only red, green and blue get "this spell can't be countered" so what's the deal with Thought Distortion?

It’s now tertiary in white and black. Essentially any color can have access to it, but it’s still primary in red and green.

Black Blue Colors Green Primary Red Tertiary Thought Distortion White

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