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This search based on the January 15, 2004 release of the Rulings.
505 - Split Cards
- 505.1 - Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The back of a
split card is the normal Magic: The Gathering card back.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.2 - In every zone except the stack, split cards have two sets of
characteristics. As long as a split card is a spell on the stack, only
the characteristics of the half being played exist. The other half's
characteristics are treated as though they didn't exist.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.3 - Because every split card consists of two halves with different
colored mana symbols in their mana costs, each split card is a
multicolored card except while it's a spell on the stack. While it's a
spell on the stack, it's only the color of the half being played.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.4 - Although split cards have two playable halves, each split card is
only one card. For example, a player who has drawn or discarded a split
card has drawn or discarded one card, not two. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.5 - Effects that ask for a particular characteristic of a split card
while it's in a zone other than the stack get an answer that consists of a
combination of the split card's two halves.
Example: Infernal Genesis has an ability that reads, "At the beginning
of each player's upkeep, that player puts the top card from his or her
library into his or her graveyard. He or she then puts X 1/1 black Minion
creature tokens into play, where X is that card's converted mana cost."
If the top card of your library is Assault (Assault/Battery) when this
ability resolves, you get five 1/1 creature tokens because Assault's
converted mana cost is 1 and Battery's is 4, for a total of 5.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.6 - Effects that ask if a split card's characteristic (in any zone other
than the stack) matches a given value get only one answer. This answer is
"yes" if either side of the split card matches the given value.
Example: Void reads, "Choose a number. Destroy all artifacts and
creatures with converted mana cost equal to that number. Then target
player reveals his or her hand and discards from it all nonland cards with
converted mana cost equal to the number." If a player plays Void and
chooses 1 or 4, his or her opponent would discard
Assault (Assault/Battery). If the player chooses 5, Assault/Battery
would be unaffected, because neither half has a converted mana cost of 5.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.7 - If an effect instructs a player to name a card and the player wants
to name a split card, the player must name both halves of the split card.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
This search based on the January 15,2004 release of the Rulings.
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