============================================================================== General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 2003/04/17 ============================================================================== 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 SIXTH EDITION and SEVENTH EDITION. Both of these editions use the same rules. These rulings are updated monthly. The most recent version is available on the web (WWW) as the following: http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/index.html A '+' is used to mark changes since the 2003/03/15 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Rulings Summary NetRep dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Network Representative, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== Table of Contents: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. A - Abilities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A.30 - Protection + A.30.6 - Protection from a type or subtype applies to permanents in play that are of that type or to cards out of play that are of that type. [CompRules 2003/03/15 - 502.7a] C - Combat Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.7 - Must Attack or Block + C.7.6 - An attacking declaration is not legal if a creature without "must attack" attacks thereby making a creature with "must attack" unable to do so. You must include as many "must attack" creatures as possible before including any creatures without it. [CompRules 2003/03/15 - 500.2] + C.7.7 - A blocking declaration is not legal if a creature without "must block" attacks thereby making a creature with "must block" unable to do so. You must include as many "must block" creatures as possible before including any creatures without it. [CompRules 2003/03/15 - 500.3] D - DCI Tournament Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D.13 - Type 1 Tournament Format + D.13.8 - Some cards are 'restricted' so that only one may appear in the combination of deck and sideboard. These cards are: [Update 2003/04/01] Ancestral Recall, Grim Monolith, Regrowth, Balance, Library of Alexandria, Sol Ring, Black Lotus, Lotus Petal, Strip Mine, Black Vise, Mana Crypt, Stroke of Genius, Braingeyser, Mana Vault, Time Spiral, Channel, Memory Jar, Timetwister, Crop Rotation, Mind Over Matter, Time Walk, Demonic Consultation,Mind Twist, Tinker, Demonic Tutor, Mox Diamond, Tolarian Academy, Doomsday, Mox Emerald, Vampiric Tutor, Dream Halls, Mox Jet, Voltaic Key, Earthcraft, Mox Pearl, Wheel of Fortune, Enlightened Tutor, Mox Ruby, Windfall, Entomb, Mox Sapphire, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Fact or Fiction, Mystical Tutor, Yawgmoth's Will, Fastbond, Necropotence, Fork, Frantic Search. D.14 - Type 1.5 Tournament Format + D.14.9 - Some cards are 'banned' so that none may appear in the deck or sideboard. These cards are: [Update 2003/03/01] Amulet of Quoz, Fastbond, Ancestral Recall, Fork, Regrowth, Balance, Frantic Search, Sol Ring, Black Lotus, Grim Monolith, Strip Mine, Black Vise, Jeweled Bird, Stroke of Genius, Braingeyser, Library of Alexandria, Tempest Efreet, Bronze Tablet, Lotus Petal, Time Spiral, Channel, Mana Crypt, Timetwister, Chaos Orb, Mana Vault, Time Walk, Contract from Below, Memory Jar, Timmerian Fiends, Crop Rotation, Mind Over Matter, Tinker, Darkpact, Mind Twist, Tolarian Academy, Demonic Attorney, Mox Diamond, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Consultation,Mox Emerald, Voltaic Key, Demonic Tutor, Mox Jet, Wheel of Fortune, Doomsday, Mox Pearl, Windfall, Dream Halls, Mox Ruby, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Earthcraft, Mox Sapphire, Yawgmoth's Will, Enlightened Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Entomb, Necropotence, Fact or Fiction, Rebirth, Falling Star. E - Extracted Rulings on Cards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. G - Game Terms and Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. K - Card and Permanent Types and Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K.11 - Creature Type + K.11.6 - Creature types that differ only by gender are different. [CompRules 2003/03/15] (REVERSAL) They were considered the same, but all cards where the Rules Team wanted them to be the same had their creature types changed, so this rule is no longer necessary. M - Multi-Player Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. P - Phases of the Turn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. T - Timing of Spells and Abilities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. U - Unglued ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. Z - Zones of Play ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. "Aahz" is Tom Wylie, the former Magic Rules Manager. "Barclay" is Paul Barclay, the 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. "Dommermuth" is Brady Dommermuth. "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. 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