============================================================================== Card Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 00/09/17 ============================================================================== Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. This release is under the SIXTH EDITION 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 00/08/23 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Rulings Summary NetRep dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Network Representative, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== - - * - * - A - * - * - - - - * - * - B - * - * - - - - * - * - C - * - * - - Channel: + Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 00/10/01. It was previously banned from 95/11/01 until 00/10/01 and it was restricted from 94/03/23 to 95/11/01. Conspiracy: + It does not replace any use of creature types in card text. For example, it will not change Mercenary Informer to be able to pull a different creature type. [D'Angelo 00/09/07] - - * - * - D - * - * - - Demonic Consultation: + Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 00/10/01. + Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have banned this card since 00/10/01. - - * - * - E - * - * - - - - * - * - F - * - * - - Furious Assault: + You can choose a different target player each time this triggers. [D'Angelo 00/09/07] - - * - * - G - * - * - - - - * - * - H - * - * - - - - * - * - I - * - * - - - - * - * - J - * - * - - - - * - * - K - * - * - - - - * - * - L - * - * - - Lich: + You do not lose for a life total of less than 1. The Oracle text doesn't say this, but that is an error in Oracle that will be corrected. [D'Angelo 00/09/09] + The phrase "When Lich leaves play, you lose the game" is an absolute statement. Casting a Healing Salve or using some other life gain after the destruction (or other means of leaving play) will not save you. [WotC Rules Team 94/01/29] Note that you will normally lose when Lich leaves play as a State-Based Effect before you can take any actions because your life total is normally zero or less while you control Lich. If you have a positive life total or are otherwise prevented from losing due to a zero life total, this triggered ability will cause you to lose the game anyway. [D'Angelo 00/09/09] - - * - * - M - * - * - - Mind Twist: + Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 00/10/01. It was previously banned from 96/02/01 to 00/10/01 and it was restricted from 94/08/01 to 96/02/01. - - * - * - N - * - * - - Necropotence: + Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 00/10/01. + Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have banned this card since 00/10/01. - - * - * - O - * - * - - - - * - * - P - * - * - - - - * - * - Q - * - * - - - - * - * - R - * - * - - Rhystic Cave: + If a player pays {1}, Rhystic Cave does not produce any mana, but is still considered to have been tapped for mana. Things which trigger of the land being tapped for mana (such as Mana Flare) will trigger, but things which try to replace mana production (such as Ritual of Subdual) will have nothing to replace. [DeLaney 00/09/08] - - * - * - S - * - * - - - - * - * - T - * - * - - - - * - * - U - * - * - - - - * - * - V - * - * - - - - * - * - 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. 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. 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). PT= Portal. PY= Prophecy. S2= Starter 2000. 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, the network representative for the MTG-L mailing list. "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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