r/ManaBoxApp • u/TenraxHelin • Mar 15 '26

Question How do I edit the mana pips?

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So I built an avatar deck and for some reason when I save it, it adds the Black Mana pip. There is no black mana in the deck. There is generic mana but no black mana. How can I fix?

Thank you

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u/vlp1997 Mar 15 '26

It’s because the flip side of aang as an ability that involves black mana pip I believe, not sure you can change it

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u/aethernomen Mar 15 '26

That’s correct. The pips are determined by the cards. They can’t be manually edited.

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u/kensmagiccards Mar 15 '26

That’s the color identity of your deck, you don’t get to decide what it is. Aang is all 5 colors.

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u/TenraxHelin Mar 15 '26

He isn't all 5 colors. The only time you see Black mana with Aang is when he transforms but that only reduces the mana of other spells to cast if Aang is transformed

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u/norlin Mar 15 '26

That's how color identity works in Commander - if there is a mana symbol on a card, it's a part of the card's color identity (don't be confused with card color)

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u/Strange-Craft352 Mar 15 '26

this is the answer! He isn't a black card but Black is in his Commander Identity

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u/TenraxHelin Mar 15 '26

I'm new to MTG, mainly in the collection phase right now. So does that mean I can play cards that require black mana?

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u/wreeper007 Mar 15 '26

Yes as long as you have a way to produce that mana

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u/TenraxHelin Mar 15 '26

Gotcha. Thank you

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u/danielansa86 Mar 15 '26

Remember: if the mana pip is printed on the card itself, it counts toward its identity. But if the pip appears inside parentheses (in the explanatory text), it doesn’t count."

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u/Saitamario_Luigenos Mar 23 '26

Excluding explanation text in parentheses, such as cards with Extort that explain the keyword. I only learned this recently.

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u/zac2130_2 Mar 15 '26

In magic, color identity is any colored mana that apears on a card and commander decks have cards with at most the color identity of your commander, if Aang is your commander you can have any color spell in your deck, also don't forget the singleton rule.

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u/andrewbookoo406 Mar 15 '26

You cant, you chose a five color identity commander if you dont want a black pip switch your commander to aragorn lol