2025-06-06 In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined
The same is true for Illuminor Szeras, who makes a fantastic amount of mana but doesnt really scream commander, feeling more like a card to run in the 99 of a deck with access to more colors No, the decks only other option for a true alternate commander (aside from Imotekh) is Anrakyr the Traveler
(In many cases, the value you chose for X will give away your intentions.) If there are no creature cards exiled with Valki with converted mana cost equal to the value of X as Valki's activated ability resolves, nothing happens
If your lands tap for two or three mana each, Time Spiral actually nets you a massive amount of mana
I've devoted a fair amount of my card design efforts expanding white's slice of the color pie as it relates to Commander, but this time, I just rattled off this line of text, and it stuck