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This search based on the January 15, 2004 release of the Rulings.
G16.1 - Pass
- G16.1a - To pass is to decline to take any action (usually playing a spell
or ability) when you have priority. When a player passes, his or her
opponent receives priority. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 408.1, "Timing, Priority, and the Stack."
G16.2 - Pass in Succession
- G16.2a - To pass in succession means that both players pass without playing
any spells, playing any abilities, or performing any special actions in
between. If both players pass in succession, the spell, ability, or
combat damage on top of the stack resolves. If the stack is empty, the
phase or step ends. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 408.1, "Timing, Priority, and the Stack."
G16.3 - Pay
- G16.3a - Playing most spells and activated abilities requires paying costs;
see Rule 409, "Playing Spells and Activated Abilities." Declaring
attackers (see Rule 308, "Declare Attackers Step") and declaring
blockers (see Rule 309, "Declare Blockers Step") can also require paying
costs. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.3b - Paying mana is done by removing the indicated amount of mana from
the player's mana pool. Any time a player is asked to pay mana, mana
abilities may be played. Mana abilities must be played before the costs
are paid. Paying life subtracts the indicated amount of life from the
player's life total. A player can't pay more mana than the amount of mana
in his or her mana pool or more life than his or her life total. Zero
life or zero mana can always be paid, even if the player has less than
zero life. [CompRules 2003/12/01]
- G16.3c - To pay any cost, the player carries out the instructions specified
by the spell, ability, or effect. It's illegal to attempt paying a cost
when unable to successfully follow the instructions. For example, a
player can't pay a cost that requires tapping a creature if that creature
is already tapped. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.3d - Each payment applies to only one spell or ability. For example, a
player can't sacrifice just one creature to play the activated abilities
of two permanents that require sacrificing a creature as a cost. Also,
the resolution of a spell or ability doesn't pay another spell or
ability's cost, even if part of its effect is doing the same thing the
other cost asks for. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.4 - Permanent
- G16.4a - A permanent is any card or token in the in-play zone. See
Rule 214, "Permanents." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.5 - Permanently (Obsolete)
- G16.5a - Certain older cards were printed with the term "permanently" to
indicate effects with no expiration. In general, cards that were printed
with the term "permanently" now instead use reminder text to indicate that
the effect lasts past the end of the turn. [CompRules 2003/12/01]
Example: An ability that originally read "Gain control of target creature
permanently" would now read as follows: "Gain control of target
creature. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.)" This effect grants
control of the permanent until something else changes the controller or it
leaves play. It doesn't make the permanent immune to other control
effects. [CompRules 2003/12/01]
G16.6 - Phase
- G16.6a - Each turn is divided into five phases: beginning, precombat main,
combat, postcombat main, and end. See Section 3, "Turn Structure."
[CompRules 2003/12/01]
G16.7 - Phased-Out
- G16.7a - The phased-out zone is a special zone for permanents with phasing
that are temporarily out of play. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 502.15, "Phasing."
G16.8 - Phasing
- G16.8a - Phasing is a static ability that causes a permanent to leave play
and later return, without losing its "memory." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 502.15, "Phasing."
G16.9 - Pile
- G16.9a - If a player is asked to separate a group of objects into two or
more piles, the objects do not leave the zone they're currently in. If
cards in a graveyard are split into piles, the order of the graveyard must
be maintained. A pile can contain zero or more objects.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.10 - Plains
- G16.10a - "Plains" is one of the five basic land types. Any land with the
land type Plains has the ability "{Tap}: Add {W} to your mana pool." See
Rule 212.6d. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.11 - Plainscycling
- G16.11a - See Landcycling. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.12 - Plainswalk
- G16.12a - See Landwalk. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.13 - Play
- G16.13a - The act of playing a spell, land, or ability involves announcing
the action and taking the necessary steps to complete it.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.13b - Playing a spell or activated ability requires paying any costs and
choosing any required modes and/or targets. See Rule 409, "Playing Spells
and Activated Abilities." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.13c - Playing a land simply requires choosing a land card from the hand
and putting it into play. See Rule 212.6, "Lands." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.13d - Playing a mana ability requires paying any costs, then immediately
resolving the ability. See Rule 411, "Playing Mana Abilities."
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.13e - Triggered abilities and static abilities aren't played-they happen
automatically. See Rule 410, "Handling Triggered Abilities."
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.14 - Play/Draw (Informal)
- G16.14a - At the start of a game, one player gets to choose the order of
play. Whoever plays first skips his or her first draw step. This is
referred to as the play/draw rule. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 101, "Starting the Game."
G16.15 - Player
- G16.15a - A player is one of the two people in the game. A player's
opponent is the other player. The active player is the player whose turn
it is. The other player is the nonactive player. See Rule 200.3.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.16 - Poison Counter
- G16.16a - Some cards give poison counters to players. If a player has ten
or more poison counters, he or she loses the game the next time a player
would receive priority. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 420, "State-Based Effects."
G16.17 - Poly Artifact (Obsolete)
- G16.17a - Some older cards used the term "poly artifact" on the card's
type line. They were artifacts that had activated abilities that don't
include the tap symbol. Cards that were printed with the term
"poly artifact" now simply use "artifact." [CompRules 2003/12/01]
G16.18 - Postcombat
- G16.18a - The second main phase in each turn is called the postcombat main
phase. If an effect causes a turn to have an extra combat phase and
another main phase, the additional one is also a postcombat main phase.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 305, "Main Phase."
G16.19 - Power
- G16.19a - The number before the slash printed on the lower right corner of a
creature card is the creature's power. See Rule 208, "Power/Toughness."
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.19b - Creatures that attack or block assign combat damage equal to their
power. See Rule 310, "Combat Damage Step." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.19c - Some objects have power represented by * instead of a number. The
object has a characteristic-setting ability that sets its power according
to some stated condition. The * is 0 while the object isn't in play.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.20 - Precombat
- G16.20a - The first main phase in each turn is called the precombat main
phase. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 305, "Main Phase."
G16.21 - Prevention Effect
- G16.21a - Effects that prevent something from happening replace it with
"do nothing." (See Rule 419, "Replacement and Prevention Effects.") A
prevention effect must be active before the event it's intended to
prevent. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.21b - Effects that prevent a specific amount of damage act as "shields"
and stay active until that amount of damage has been prevented or the turn
ends. The damage doesn't have to be dealt by a single source or all at
once. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.21c - Effects that prevent the next damage from a specific source apply
the next time that source would deal damage, regardless of the amount.
These effects expire when the turn ends. See Rule 419.8, "Sources of
Damage." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.22 - Priority
- G16.22a - The player who has the option to play a spell or ability at any
given time has priority. See Rule 408, "Timing of Spells and Abilities."
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.22b - Each time a spell, an ability (other than a mana ability), or
combat damage resolves, and at the beginning of most phases and steps, the
active player receives priority. After a player plays a spell, ability,
or land, or takes a special action, he or she again receives priority.
When a player passes, his or her opponent receives priority.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.22c - If both players pass in succession, the spell, ability, or combat
damage on top of the stack resolves or, if the stack is empty, the phase
or step ends. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- G16.22d - Each time a player would get priority, all applicable state-based
effects resolve first as a single event (see Rule 420). Then, if any new
state-based effects have been generated, they resolve as a single event.
This process repeats until no more applicable state-based effects are
generated. Then triggered abilities are added to the stack (see
Rule 410). These steps repeat in order until no further state-based
effects or triggered abilities are generated. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
G16.23 - Protection
- G16.23a - Protection is a static ability written "Protection
from [quality]." [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- G16.23b - A permanent with protection from [quality] can't be targeted by
spells with the stated quality and can't be targeted by abilities from a
source with the stated quality. [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- G16.23c - A permanent with protection can't be enchanted by enchantments
that have the stated quality. Such enchantments enchanting the permanent
with protection will be put into their owners' graveyards as a state-based
effect. (See Rule 420, "State-Based Effects.") [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- G16.23d - A permanent with protection can't be equipped by Equipment that
has the stated quality. Such Equipment stops equipping that permanent,
but remains in play. (See Rule 420, "State-Based Effects.")
[CompRules 2003/10/01]
- G16.23e - Any damage that would be dealt by sources that have the stated
quality to a permanent that has protection is prevented. Any damage that
would be dealt to a permanent with protection from sources having that
quality is prevented. [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- G16.23f - If a creature with protection attacks, it can't be blocked by
creatures that have the stated quality. [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 502.7, "Protection."
G16.24 - Provoke
- G16.24a - Provoke is a triggered ability. "Provoke" means "Whenever this
creature attacks, you may choose to have target creature defending player
controls block this creature this combat if able. If you do, untap that
creature." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- Note - Also see Rule 502.29, "Provoke."
G16.25 - Put Into Play
- G16.25a - If an effect instructs a player to put an object into play, that
object is not considered "played." [CompRules 2003/07/01]
This search based on the January 15,2004 release of the Rulings.
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