can you have a card like archangel avacyn in a commander deck that does not have red in its color identity? i was told recently that you could, but the way i learned it, the back of this card in particular had a color identity of red. meaning if you wanted to use the archangel as a commander, the deck could be a red/white deck, instead of just a white deck, and could not be used in a deck who's commander does not have a color identity that included both red and white. i just need a ruling here please.
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You are correct, for the purposes of colour idenity you have to consider both faces of a DFC. Archangel Avacyn/Avacyn, the Purifier is a red/white card so can only be included in a deck whose general contains both of those colours.
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Note that as far as the rules are concerned, a flip card is not the same as a double-faced card (compare C.R. 709 with C.R. 711), but C.R. 903.4c applies only to double-faced cards and not flip cards (which don't have rules text on the back face just as most other Magic cards don't).
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