Despite featuring a mechanic literally named Rulebreaker, these color-identity-breaking cards are all rather tame. That being said, one card, Tolabow, Loch Rascal is, or rather was, literally broken, as Wizards has just announced a day-zero errata.
MTG Tolabow, Loch Rascal Errata
When it was first announced, Tolabow, Loch Rascal wasn’t exactly the most intuitive MTG card. In theory, it felt like the spirit of the rules was that you picked another color and could then use instants and sorceries of that color. As it was technically written, however, this card enabled all dual-color blue-aligned cards in the same deck.
With a disconnect between the assumed spirit of the rules and the text as written, MTG players were a little baffled by Tolabow. Thankfully, after a couple of weeks, Wizards has finally stepped in to provide some clarification. Through a new day zero errata, Tolabow will work as players suspected, hopefully clearing up any unnecessary confusion.
Here’s the new post-errata rules text for Tolabow, Loch Rascal:
“ Rulebreaker — If Tolabow, Loch Rascal is your commander, the color identity of instant and sorcery cards in your deck can include one color of your choice not in your commander’s color identity, and your deck can have any basic land cards.”
Wizards of the Coast
Now, at the start of each game, or more realistically when you start building your Tolabow deck, you pick an extra color. Then, you can use instant and sorcery spells from that color, even if they’re not part blue. If you choose white, for instance, you can run Path of Exile, but not cards like Shalai, Voice of Plenty.
While this is a pretty major change to how Tolabow, Loch Rascal works, it’s still a very exciting Commander. Whether you want to go white or black to build it in a control direction, or go aggressive by adding red, there are plenty of options. Hopefully, this should mean that this errata is well received, even if it’s not on the printed card.
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