============================================================================== General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 2006/02/13 ============================================================================== Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. This release is under rules used by NINTH EDITION. These rulings have been updated monthly with the most recent version available on the web as the following: http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules This document contains the complete text of the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules document published by Wizards of the Coast. These rules are noted with numbered entries. It also contains additional rulings to clarify or explain some rules. These are marked with the word "Ruling". A '+' is used to mark changes since the 2006/01/22 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Crystal Keep Editor dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Former Wizards of the Coast Rules NetRep ============================================================================== Table of Contents: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 1 - The Game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 2 - Parts of the Game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 3 - Turn Structure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 4 - Spells, Abilities, and Effects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 5 - Additional Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 6 - Multiplayer Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 7 - Specialized Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 701 - Unglued & Unhinged + 701.1 - Unglued and Unhinged are unusual Magic expansions. + 701.Ruling.1 - Unglued and Unhinged were designed to be funny. Keep that in mind. [D'Angelo 2006/02/01] + 701.Ruling.11 - When asked to choose an artist, you can only choose one that has illustrated at least one Magic card. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] + 701.Ruling.12 - Use the artist name printed on the card, even if the name is not correct or if some other version of the card has different art. A typo does not count as a different artist, but a pseudonym does. Nicknames are also ignored, as with "Pete 'Fear Me' Venters" being the same as "Pete Venters". Any card illustrated by more than one artist is considered to be illustrated by both artists. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] + 701.Ruling.13 - When playing with silver bordered cards, all numbers in Magic that would normally be restricted to whole numbers as per Rule 104.1 are now allowed to be whole numbers or half numbers, such as "2.5". This applies to power, toughness, mana, life, damage, and so on. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] For example, if you have 20 life and take 3.5 damage, you now have 16.5 life. And if you end a phase with 0.5 unspent mana points in your pool, you lose 0.5 life. As another example, you can use Pyrotechnics to deal 0.5 damage to each of 8 creatures. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] It does not apply to the number of counters. You can't have half a counter. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] + 701.Ruling.14 - Gotcha cards trigger if the opponent says the word exactly. Plurals count ("guys" and "guy" are equivalent). Homophones do not count ("eye" and "I" are not equivalent). Homographs and homonyms do count ("contract" as a verb or noun). Parts of a word do not count ("lifeline" does not trigger if the word is "life"). [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] + 701.Ruling.15 - Some cards require a mini game, such as Eye to Eye's staring contest. You have to win the game honestly. No blowing in their face, for example. A player can always concede the game instead of playing it. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] + 701.Ruling.16 - When playing with silver bordered cards, all color choices that would normally be restricted by Rule 203.2d are open to any color choices you want. You can choose brown, for example. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15] 8 - Tournament Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 9 - Glossary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. Acknowledgements 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. "Barclay" is Paul Barclay, a previous MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "CompRules" marks rules from the Comprehensive Rules. "D'Angelo" is Stephen D'Angelo, the former 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. "Jordan" is Jeff Jordan, the MTG-L mailing list NetRep. "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. 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