============================================================================== Card Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 2002/12/21 ============================================================================== 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 2002/11/19 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Rulings Summary NetRep dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Network Representative, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== - - * - * - A - * - * - - Animate Dead: + This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule A.1.3), but the comes into play ability may be countered if the target creature card is removed from the graveyard before the spell resolves. If the ability is countered, then this card stays an Enchantment and stays in play. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] - - * - * - B - * - * - - Basalt Golem: + The token creature is put into play at the end of combat after destroying the creature. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] Briar Shield: + When you use the activated ability, this card goes to the graveyard when you announce the ability (losing the +1/+1 bonus) but the creature does not get the +3/+3 bonus until the ability resolves. It has no bonus while the ability is on the stack. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] - - * - * - C - * - * - - - - * - * - D - * - * - - Dance of the Dead: + This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule A.1.3), but the comes into play ability may be countered if the target creature card is removed from the graveyard before the spell resolves. If the ability is countered, then this card stays an Enchantment and stays in play. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] - - * - * - E - * - * - - - - * - * - F - * - * - - - - * - * - G - * - * - - - - * - * - H - * - * - - - - * - * - I - * - * - - - - * - * - J - * - * - - - - * - * - K - * - * - - - - * - * - L - * - * - - - - * - * - M - * - * - - - - * - * - N - * - * - - Necromancy: + This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule A.1.3), but the comes into play ability may be countered if the target creature card is removed from the graveyard before the spell resolves. If the ability is countered, then this card stays an Enchantment and stays in play. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] Nefarious Lich: + If you were going to gain life and you also have Words of Worship in play, you can gain life by using its ability to turn a card draw into life gain. Nefarious Lich will not replace the life gain with a card draw again because it has already acted on this event. [Jordan 2002/12/20] See Rule T.10.8. - - * - * - O - * - * - - - - * - * - P - * - * - - - - * - * - Q - * - * - - - - * - * - R - * - * - - - - * - * - S - * - * - - Suppress: + If played on the current player, it happens at the end of the current turn. The text is meant to mean "that player's next end-of-turn step". [D'Angelo 2002/12/19] - - * - * - 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. 7 = Seventh Edition. AL= Alliances. AN= Arabian Nights. AP= Apocalypse. 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. JU= Judgment. LG= Legends. MI= Mirage. MM= Mercadian Masques. NE= Nemesis. OD= Odyssey. ON= Onslaught. 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. TO= Torment. UD= Urza's Destiny. UG= Unglued. UL= Urza's Legacy. US= Urza's Saga. VI= Visions. WL= Weatherlight. Rarity levels are shown as follows: R= Rare, U= Uncommon, C= Common, L= Land, F= Fixed in a preconstructed deck. Any number after the letter indicates how often the card appears in the printing process. An "R2" occurs twice as often as an "R1", for example. Note that on some older expansions, the rarity schemes were complex and those complexities are not described here. You can find descriptions of the various products and their rarity schemes at "http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic". 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. "D'Angelo" is Stephen D'Angelo, the Rules Summary network representative, and former MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "DeLaney" is David DeLaney, the network representative for the "rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules" newsgroup. "Encyclopedia, Page " marks errata from the Magic Official Encyclopedia. "Fifth Edition, Page " marks rules from the Fifth Edition rulebook. "Jackson" is Collin Jackson, the DCI Rules Documentation NetRep. "Jordan" is Jeff Jordan, the MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "Mirage, Page " marks rules from the Mirage rulebook. "Peterson" is Paul Peterson, a previous MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "Tempest, Page " marks rules from the Tempest rulebook. "WotC Rules Team" marks official rulings from the rules team. These files may be freely copied and posted anywhere you'd like. The contents can also be included in other formats (such as HTML or databases) or in products, but there are two restrictions. I insist that the files not be sold for profit. Anything you put them in must be available at no more than cost of duplication. Also, you must give credit to me and list the version date your work is derived from. Thanks. Every attempt has been made to make this summary accurate, but errors do creep in. Nothing in this work is guaranteed to be accurate. Use at your own risk. 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