============================================================================= Card Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 05/20/98 ============================================================================= Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. The most recent mtg-l digest used was "18 May 1998 to 19 May 1998". These rulings are updated monthly. The most recent version is available on the web (WWW) as either of the following: http://www.activesw.com/~sdangelo/magic.html ftp://ftp.activesw.com/pub/sdangelo/magic/rule-cards.txt The above files are also available via FTP to "ftp.activesw.com" under "pub/sdangelo/magic" as "rule-cards.txt". If you have neither WWW nor FTP access, send e-mail to "dangelo@netcom.com" requesting a copy of the current Rulings Summaries. A '+' is used to mark changes since the last released version on 04/15/98. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Magic: The Gathering Rules Summary dangelo@netcom.com | Network Representative for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== Printing Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. Card Rulings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - * - * - A - * - * - - Anvil of Bogardan: + The draw and discard during the draw phase are controlled by the controller of Anvil of Bogardan. This means the discard is forced and can trigger Sand Golem or Mangara's Blessing. [D'Angelo 05/12/98] - - * - * - B - * - * - - Bottomless Pit: + The current player decides when to play this ability, but the ability is controlled by the player who controls Bottomless Pit. This means that Bottomless Pit can trigger Guerrilla Tactics and other abilities which trigger off an opponent forcing you to discard. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - C - * - * - - Calming Licid: + As errata, change "instead of a creature" to "instead of any other type of permanent". [WotC Rules Team 12/18/97] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27] + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Chaoslace: + If played on a spell being cast, the effect changes the base characteristics of the spell. If played on a permanent, then the effect works just like an instant would as far as the "order the effect entered play" rule. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Cocoon: + If the enchantment is moved with Enchantment Alteration, the number of counters is unchanged. [D'Angelo 05/04/98] (REVERSAL) Convulsing Licid: + As errata, change "instead of a creature" to "instead of any other type of permanent". [WotC Rules Team 12/18/97] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27] + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Corpse Dance: + Only removes the card from the game if the card is still in play at the end of the turn. [DeLaney 05/04/98] Corrupting Licid: + As errata, change "instead of a creature" to "instead of any other type of permanent". [WotC Rules Team 12/18/97] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27] + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Cursed Rack: + The player plays this phase ability during their discard phase, but the controller of the Cursed Rack still controls the discard effect. [D'Angelo 05/04/98] (REVERSAL) Cursed Scroll: + If you have no cards in hand, you still have to name a card, but your opponent does not pick one. The card they chose cannot match the card you named, since they didn't get to pick one, so the Cursed Scroll does not deal any damage. [D'Angelo 05/18/98] - - * - * - D - * - * - - Dream Halls: + The ability is a continuous ability and not a replacement or triggered ability, even though it is worded like a replacement ability in order to make it easier to understand. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Discarding a Guerrilla Tactics to pay for a red spell through your opponent's Dream Halls will trigger the Guerrilla Tactics second ability. - - * - * - E - * - * - - Enraging Licid: + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - F - * - * - - - - * - * - G - * - * - - Gliding Licid: + As errata, change "instead of a creature" to "instead of any other type of permanent". [WotC Rules Team 12/18/97] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27] + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - H - * - * - - Helm of Awakening: + You apply the Helm to the total play cost (see Play Cost in the General Rulings). Since the play cost is the total of the casting cost and all costs in the card text, this means you can apply the Helm to things like Fireball's extra targets and to buyback costs. The cost reduction is not applied separately to each thing, however, it is applied just once to the total cost. For example, a Capsize costs 1UU to cast and 3 for Buyback for a total play cost of 4UU. One Helm makes the cost 3UU and three Helms makes the cost 1UU. See how the reduction is applied to the total and not to individual items. [D'Angelo 01/06/98] - - * - * - I - * - * - - Illusionary Presence: + Can give a basic land landwalk, legendary landwalk (all legendary lands), or a specific non-basic landwalk (like Maze of Ith-Walk). [Duelist Magazine #7, Page 99] + Cannot give a type of Snow-Covered landwalk, because Snow-Covered is a characteristic like color is, and not part of the land's type. [D'Angelo 05/04/98] (REVERSAL) - - * - * - J - * - * - - - - * - * - K - * - * - - Krovikan Fetish: + If it is moved to a new creature by something that moves enchantments, the controller of the Fetish does not get to draw another card. [D'Angelo 05/04/98] (REVERSAL) - - * - * - L - * - * - - Leeching Licid: + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - M - * - * - - Magical Hack: + If played on a spell being cast, the effect changes the base characteristics of the spell. If played on a permanent, then the effect works just like an instant would as far as the "order the effect entered play" rule. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - N - * - * - - Nurturing Licid: + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - O - * - * - - - - * - * - P - * - * - - Phyrexian Furnace: + Like all artifacts, the abilities of this card cannot be used while it is tapped. [D'Angelo 05/19/98] Portcullis: + If the creature that triggered Portcullis is no longer in play when the ability resolves, then it fails to do anything. [Duelist Magazine #25, Page 31] + You only check the count of the number of creatures in play during resolution. The creature will not be removed if the count is 2 or less. [D'Angelo 04/17/98] + If Portcullis phases out, and something prevents one of the creatures from coming into play (for example, a Clone has no target), then the creature remains out of play and can try to enter play again the next time Portcullis leaves play. [bethmo 05/02/98] - - * - * - Q - * - * - - Quickening Licid: + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - R - * - * - - - - * - * - S - * - * - - Shimmer: + Can affect basic or non-basic types, but it must be for a specific type. Examples include, Mountains, Maze of Ith, and Tolaria. Entire classes of lands (like Legendary Lands or Snow-Covered lands) are not supported. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 28] + You cannot restrict the land type based on a characteristic such as color or whether or not it is Snow-Covered. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] (REVERSAL) Sleight of Mind: + If played on a spell being cast, the effect changes the base characteristics of the spell. If played on a permanent, then the effect works just like an instant would as far as the "order the effect entered play" rule. [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Stinging Licid: + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] Suffocation: + The text "that spell's caster" means "the player that played that spell or ability". [bethmo 05/02/98] - - * - * - T - * - * - - Tempting Licid: + As errata, change "instead of a creature" to "instead of any other type of permanent". [WotC Rules Team 12/18/97] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27] + As errata, change "loses this ability" to "loses all abilities". [WotC Rules Team 05/01/98] - - * - * - U - * - * - - - - * - * - V - * - * - - Venarian Gold: + If the enchantment is moved with Enchantment Alteration, the number of counters is left on the previous creature. [D'Angelo 05/04/98] Verdant Force: + Errata was issued on 12/18/97 to explicitly say that Verdant Force's controller got the tokens. This errata was needed because a game rule made the current player (not Verdant Force's controller) the controller of the phase ability. The rules were changed on 05/01/98, so the errata is no longer needed. Verdant Forcer's controller gets the token creature due to the game rules, and without errata. [WotC Rules Team 05/10/98] - - * - * - W - * - * - - - - * - * - 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. 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. "WotC Rules Team" marks official rulings from the rules team. "Mirage, Page " marks rules from the Mirage rulebook. "Fifth Edition, Page " marks rules from the Fifth Edition rulebook. "Encyclopedia, Page " marks errata from the Magic Official Encyclopedia. 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