<p><strong>Yes, you can do that.</strong></p>

<p>When you activate the abilities of cards like Spectral Searchlight or Gilded Lotus, someone chooses a color on resolution. That color is not determined in the text itself by mana symbols, which, in addition to a card's mana cost, is the most common way of establishing a card's color identity. The other ways also don't apply:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card’s mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Therefore, you can use such colorless artifacts that produce a chosen color in any commander deck, including colorless ones.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-09-25T16:59:59.917Z
I just realized i made a duplicate question
The Man
CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-09-25T16:34:19.383Z
2018-09-25T16:34:19.383Z
Hackworth
<p>With cards that let me add mana of any color, can they be used in a colorless commander deck? Some examples being <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSpectral%20Searchlight%5d">Spectral Searchlight</a> and <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGilded%20Lotus%5d">Gilded Lotus</a> in a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bKozilek%2c%20the%20Great%20Distortion%5d">Kozilek, the Great Distortion</a> deck. </p>

<p>I am asking because I think I remember seeing something saying I can not, but I do not remember if I am remembering correctly.</p>

<magic-the-gathering><mtg-commander>
Can I use cards like Gilded Lotus and Spectral Searchlight in a colorless EDH deck?
The Man
# Can I use cards like Gilded Lotus and Spectral Searchlight in a colorless EDH deck?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-25)

With cards that let me add mana of any color, can they be used in a colorless commander deck? Some examples being [Spectral Searchlight](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSpectral%20Searchlight%5d) and [Gilded Lotus](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGilded%20Lotus%5d) in a [Kozilek, the Great Distortion](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bKozilek%2c%20the%20Great%20Distortion%5d) deck.

I am asking because I think I remember seeing something saying I can not, but I do not remember if I am remembering correctly.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, mtg-commander


---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-25. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

**Yes, you can do that.**

When you activate the abilities of cards like Spectral Searchlight or Gilded Lotus, someone chooses a color on resolution. That color is not determined in the text itself by mana symbols, which, in addition to a card's mana cost, is the most common way of establishing a card's color identity. The other ways also don't apply:

> 903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card’s mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities (see rule 604.3) or color indicator (see rule 204).

Therefore, you can use such colorless artifacts that produce a chosen color in any commander deck, including colorless ones.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I just realized i made a duplicate question  

---

