Ruling Questions

I have a question with regards Phyrexian Mana...

All of the colored mana requires either a mana of that color or 2 life to pay.


What I want to know is if the colorless Phyrexian mana requires the mana you get from wastes, Mana rocks, and most nonbasic lands or if it's treated as a generic cost with the option to pay 2 life.

If it is treated as generic, why? We have colored phyrexian that needs color or life why would the colorless Phyrexian mana be able to accept all types instead of specifically colorless?

Comments

  • edited August 2017
    The colorless one is generic, and can be paid with two life or {1}.
    It doesn't take purely colourless because that'd be incredibly parasitic, as well as the idea of things actually requiring colorless mana didn't get really established until 4-5 years later after phyrexian mana was created and used.
  • edited August 2017
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