============================================================================== Card Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 01/05/23 ============================================================================== Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. This release is under the rules used by SIXTH EDITION and SEVENTH EDITION. Both of these editions use the same rules. Unglued, Portal, Portal: Second Age, Portal: Three Kingdoms, Starter, and Starter 2000 cards do not yet have official Oracle card texts, so rulings on them are based on Oracle texts made by NetReps. Complete text is included for cards from all expansions. These rulings are updated monthly. The most recent version is available on the web (WWW) as either of the following: http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/index.html A '+' is used to mark changes since the 01/04/18 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Rulings Summary NetRep dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Network Representative, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== - - * - * - A - * - * - - Alloy Golem: + The chosen color is considered to be its initial color and not a color added by an effect. [Rules Team 01/05/01] Anvil of Bogardan: + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] Ashnod's Transmogrant: + Text(5th+errata): {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Put a +1/+1 counter on target nonartifact creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its types. (The effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - B - * - * - - Benthic Explorers: + Text(AL+errata): 2/4. ; {Tap}: Untap a tapped land an opponent controls. If you do, add one mana of any type that land could produce to your mana pool. [Oracle 01/05/02] + This ability is not targeted any more. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] Black Vise: + The player makes their normal draw during their draw step before this card's ability resolves. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] See Rule P.7.1. Blanket of Night: + The ability is a land type change effect so it is ordered along with other land type change effects in the order they entered play. [DeLaney 01/05/06] Bounty of the Hunt: + Text(AL+errata): You may remove a green card in your hand from the game instead of paying ~this~'s mana cost. ; Choose one -- Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn and another target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn; or three target creatures each get +1/+1 until end of turn. [Rules Team 01/05/01] - - * - * - C - * - * - - Celestial Dawn: + Text(6th+errata): Nonland cards you own that aren't in play and nonland permanents you control are white. Lands you control are plains. Spells and abilities you control produce white mana instead of any other color. You may spend white mana as through it were mana of any color. [Oracle 01/05/02] + It no longer changes mana symbols on cards. [Rules Team 01/05/01] + If a peramanent spell is played while Celestial Dawn is in play, then Celestial Dawn leaves play, the permanent's color reverts to the colors in its mana cost. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] + You may use a different color mana than the color required for spells and abilities such as Soul Burn. If you do, if the spell or ability checks the actual color of the mana, it can tell the difference. For example, if you use white mana on Soul Burn, you will not gain any life. [Jordan 01/04/29] Coffin Queen: + Text(TE+errata): 1/1. ; You may choose not to untap ~this~ during your untap step. ; {2}{B},{Tap}: Put target creature card from a graveyard into play under your control. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes untapped, remove all creatures put into play with it from the game ; Whenever you lose control of ~this~, remove all creatures put into play with it from the game. [Oracle 01/05/02] + If the Coffin Queen leaves play or you lose control of it or it becomes untapped, and the triggered ability resolves before the creature comes into play, then the creature will not be removed from the game this way. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] Crag Saurian: + Text(MM+errata): 4/4. ; Whenever a source deals damage to ~this~, that source's controller gains control of ~this~. [Oracle 01/05/02] Cursed Rack: + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] - - * - * - D - * - * - - Desertion: + If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets cannot be countered), then this card's ability does not put the card into play. The card continues to resolve as normal. [D'Angelo 01/04/20] Dissipate: + Text(MI+errata): Counter target spell. If it's countered this way, remove it from the game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. [Oracle 01/05/02] Dream Thrush: + Text(IN+errata): 1/1, Flying. ; {Tap}: Target land's type becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. [Oracle 01/05/02] Dwarven Sea Clan: + Text(HL+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature whose controller controls an island. Play this ability only during the end of combat step. [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - E - * - * - - - - * - * - F - * - * - - Fireblast: + Text(VI+errata): You may sacrifice two mountains rather than paying ~this~'s mana cost. ; ~this~ deals 4 damage to target creature or player. [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - G - * - * - - - - * - * - H - * - * - - Helm of Obedience: + Text(AL+errata): {1}{X},{Tap}: Put the top card of target opponent's library into his or her graveyard X+1 times or until you put a creature card into that graveyard, whichever occurs first. If the last card put into that graveyard this way is a creature card, sacrifice ~this~ to put that card into play under your control. [Oracle 01/05/02] + The 01/05/02 Oracle text has an error that will be corrected in the next Oracle release. It should happen X+1 times. The exact text of the change is not available yet, so I put in the X+1 entry. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] + Note that the activation cost was changed by errata. [D'Angelo 01/05/02] - - * - * - I - * - * - - Ice Cauldron: + The mana can be used to pay for penalty costs from things like Gloom. [Rules Team 01/05/01] See Rule K.20.5. Insolence: + The damaging ability triggers no matter how the creature becomes tapped. For example, using Twiddle. [D'Angelo 01/05/11] - - * - * - J - * - * - - - - * - * - K - * - * - - Keeper of the Flame: + Text(EX+errata): 1/2. ; {R},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target opponent with more life than you. [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - L - * - * - - Library of Leng: + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] Lobotomy: + Text(IN+errata): Target player reveals his or her hand, then you choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and remove them from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library. [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - M - * - * - - Meddle: + Text(MI+errata): Change the target of target spell that targets a single creature. [Oracle 01/05/02] Memory Lapse: + This card has a self replacement (see Rule T.10.13). This means that it replaces going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. [Rules Team 01/05/01] Mine, Mine, Mine!: + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] Mishra's Workshop: + This mana may be used on costs which are added to the spell cost, such as with Sphere of Resistance or Kicker (see Rule A.20). [Rules Team 01/05/01] See Rule K.20.5. Misstep: + It affects the creatures the player controls when this resolves. Those creatures don't untap during the player's next untap. [DeLaney 01/05/06] - - * - * - N - * - * - - Nature's Chosen: + Text(AL+errata): ~this~ can enchant only a creature you control. ; Enchanted creature has "{0}: Untap this creature. Play this ability only during your turn and only once each turn." ; As long as enchanted creature is white, it has "{Tap}: Untap target artifact, creature, or land. Play this ability only once each turn." [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - O - * - * - - Oath of Druids: + Text(EX+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls fewer creatures than any of his or her opponents, the player may reveal cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a creature card. The player puts that card into play and all other cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard. [Oracle 01/05/02] Oath of Ghouls: + Text(EX+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if there are more creature cards in that player's graveyard than in any of his or her opponents' graveyards, the player may return target creature card from his or her graveyard to his or her hand. [Oracle 01/05/02] Oath of Lieges: + Text(EX+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls fewer lands than any of his or her opponents, the player may search his or her library for a basic land card and put that card into play. The player then shuffles his or her library. [Oracle 01/05/02] Oath of Mages: + Text(EX+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if any of that player's opponents have more life than that player, the player may have ~this~ deal 1 damage to that target opponent. [Oracle 01/05/02] Oath of Scholars: + Text(EX+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has fewer cards in hand than any of his or her opponents, the player may discard his or her hand and draw three cards. [Oracle 01/05/02] - - * - * - P - * - * - - Parallax Nexus: + Text(NE+errata): Fading 5. ; Remove a fade counter from ~this~: Target opponent removes a card in his or her hand from the game if ~this~ is in play. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. ; When ~this~ leaves play, each player returns to his or her hand all cards he or she owns removed from the game with ~this~. [Oracle 01/05/02] Parallax Tide: + Text(NE+errata): Fading 5. ; Remove a fade counter from ~this~: Remove target land from the game if ~this~ is in play. ; When ~this~ leaves play, each player returns to play all cards he or she owns removed from the game with ~this~. [Oracle 01/05/02] Parallax Wave: + Text(NE+errata): Fading 5. ; Remove a fade counter from ~this~: Remove target creature from the game if ~this~ is in play. ; When ~this~ leaves play, each player returns to play all cards other than ~this~ he or she owns removed from the game with ~this~. [Oracle 01/05/02] Peace Talks: + Text(VI+errata): This turn and next turn, players skip their combat phases and can't target permanents or players with spells or activated abilities. (Triggered abilities are unaffected.) [Oracle 01/05/02] Phyrexian Devourer: + Text(AL+errata): 1/1. ; When ~this~'s power is 7 or greater, sacrifice it. ; Remove the top card of your library from the game: Put X +1/+1 counters on ~this~, where X is the removed card's converted mana cost. If ~this~'s power is 7 or greater, sacrifice it. [Oracle 01/05/02] Preferred Selection: + You make your normal draw during their draw step before this card's ability resolves. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] See Rule P.7.1. - - * - * - Q - * - * - - - - * - * - R - * - * - - The Rack: + The player makes their normal draw during their draw step before this card's ability resolves. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] See Rule P.7.1. Ravenous Vampire: + If sacrificed to itself, it goes to the graveyard before getting the +1/+1 counter. [Jordan 01/05/20] Recycle: + Text(TE+errata): Skip your draw step. ; Whenever you play a card, draw a card. ; Your maximum hand size is two. [Rules Team 01/05/01] + You discard down to your maximum hand size during the Cleanup Step (see Rule P.13). [D'Angelo 01/05/19] + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Spellbook are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] - - * - * - S - * - * - - Search for Survivors: + Text(PY+errata): Remove your graveyard from the game. An opponent chooses a card at random from among those cards. If it's a creature card, put it into play. Otherwise it remains removed from the game. Then return the rest of those cards to your graveyard and shuffle them. [Oracle 01/05/02] Spellbook: + If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 01/05/21] Storm World: + Each player makes their normal draw during their draw step before this card's ability resolves. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] See Rule P.7.1. - - * - * - T - * - * - - Teferi's Puzzle Box: + You do your normal draw before this ability resolves (see Rule P.7.1). [D'Angelo 01/05/19] Tsabo's Web: + Cycling is considered to be an activated ability, even if it cannot be used in play. [Rules Team 01/05/01] See Rule A.11.Ruling.3. - - * - * - U - * - * - - Uktabi Wildcats: + Note - In Mirage this card was of creature type Wildcats and in Sixth Edition it was of type Cat Warrior. It is now of type Cat. Urza's Rage: + This spell has a self-replacement in it (see Rule T.10.13). This means that if you pay the kicker cost, the 3 damage is replaced with 10 unpreventable damage before any other replacements can be applied. For example, you cannot use Healing Salve to replace the 3 damage before it gets changed. [Rules Team 01/05/01] - - * - * - V - * - * - - - - * - * - W - * - * - - Whip Vine: + Text(AL+errata): 1/4. (Walls can't attack.) ; ~this~ may block as though it had flying. ; You may choose not to untap ~this~ during your untap step. ; {Tap}: Tap target creature with flying blocked by ~this~. As long as ~this~ remains tapped, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. [Oracle 01/05/02] Witch Engine: + Text(US+errata): 4/4, Swampwalk. ; {Tap}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B} to your mana pool. Target opponent gains control of ~this~. Play this ability only any time you could play an instant. [Oracle 01/05/02] + The ability is a mana ability but can only be played when an instant is legal. [D'Angelo 01/05/19] - - * - * - X - * - * - - - - * - * - Y - * - * - - - - * - * - Z - * - * - - Acknowledgments and Disclaimers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ While this work is not officially issued by Wizards of the Coast, it is the official collected rulings from official sanctioned representatives of and publications by Wizards of the Coast. The expansion sets in this file are indicated by the following code letters: A = Limited Edition (Alpha). B = Limited Edition (Beta). U = Unlimited Edition. R = Revised Edition. 4 = Fourth Edition. 5 = Fifth Edition. 6 = Sixth Edition. AL= Alliances. AN= Arabian Nights. AQ= Antiquities. AT= Anthologies. BD= Beatdown. BR= Battle Royale. CH= Chronicles. DK= The Dark. EX= Exodus. FE= Fallen Empires. HL= Homelands. IA= Ice Age. IN= Invasion. LG= Legends. MI= Mirage. MM= Mercadian Masques. NE= Nemesis. P2= Portal: Second Age. P3= Portal: Three Kingdoms. PR= Promotional (AR=Arena novel, DC=DragonCon and Duelist Magazine, FS=Final Sacrifice novel, SC=Shattered Chains novel, WW=Whispering Woods novel). PS= Planeshift. PT= Portal. PY= Prophecy. S2= Starter 2000 (deck and sampler pack). SH= Stronghold. ST= Starter. TE= Tempest. UD= Urza's Destiny. UG= Unglued. UL= Urza's Legacy. US= Urza's Saga. VI= Visions. WL= Weatherlight. This summary is collected from rulings made by officials and network representatives of Wizards of the Coast, along with a number of unofficial rulings also collected from the net. Whenever a source for a ruling is known, the name of that person is listed with the ruling. "Aahz" is Tom Wylie, the former Magic Rules Manager. "Barclay" is Paul Barclay, a previous MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "bethmo" is Beth Moursund, the Rules Manager at Wizards of the Coast, and former MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "CompRules" marks rules from the Sixth Edition Comprehensive Rules. 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