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General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY)                      Updated 2006/04/13

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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 2006/03/14 release.

Thanx,

Stephen.
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Stephen D'Angelo        | Crystal Keep Editor
dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Former Wizards of the Coast Rules NetRep

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Table of Contents:
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1 - The Game
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2 - Parts of the Game
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3 - Turn Structure
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4 - Spells, Abilities, and Effects
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5 - Additional Rules
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502.52 - Replicate
+ 502.52.Ruling.4 - Replicate is a complex ability from a timing perspective.
    When you pay the Replicate cost while playing a spell, it puts one copy
    of a triggered ability on the stack.  If this ability is countered (as
    with Stifle), then it does not resolve.  When the ability resolves, it
    will create the appropriate number of copies of the original spell and put
    all those copies on the stack as independent spells.  These spells can be
    countered separately, but these spells were not played and do not trigger
    abilities that trigger on a spell being played.  If the original spell is
    countered (as with a Counterspell), then the ability will use the last
    known information of the countered spell when it resolves and will still
    make the copies. [D'Angelo 2006/04/11]


6 - Multiplayer Rules
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7 - Specialized Rules
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8 - Tournament Rules
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9 - Glossary
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Acknowledgements and Disclaimers
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  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.
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  Every attempt has been made to make this summary accurate, but errors do
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