If a Modal Double-Faced card has a legendary creature on its front face and has mana symbols labeled on the bottom left hand corner of the card does that count toward that legendary creature's color identity? In other words are cards such as Esika, God of the Tree and Jorn, God of Winter considered to have multiple colors in their color identity with Esika being WUBRG and Jorn being BUG?
Google already answered about Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge saying that it's a 5 color Oath of Druids that only triggers for the owner, can hit Planeswalkers, and sits in the Command Zone. I just wanted to make sure since the EDH Rules Committee hasn't posted on their official website regarding to this new rules update unless they already did with Zendikar Rising and I missed it.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
It is already covered in the rules because of things like Archangel Avacyb:
903.4d. The back face of a double-faced card (see rule 711) is included when determining a card's color identity. This is an exception to rule 711.4a.
So, no, the symbols on the front face don't change anything. Or, if they do, they don't matter because the rule says to just look at the back face and the back face has those symbols too.
Google already answered about Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge saying that it's a 5 color Oath of Druids that only triggers for the owner, can hit Planeswalkers, and sits in the Command Zone. I just wanted to make sure since the EDH Rules Committee hasn't posted on their official website regarding to this new rules update unless they already did with Zendikar Rising and I missed it.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
So, no, the symbols on the front face don't change anything. Or, if they do, they don't matter because the rule says to just look at the back face and the back face has those symbols too.