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General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY)                      Updated 2003/05/20

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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 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 2003/04/17 release.

Thanx,

Stephen.
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Stephen D'Angelo        | Official Rulings Summary NetRep
dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Network Representative, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

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Table of Contents:
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A - Abilities
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A.8 - Banding
+ A.8.Ruling.5 - Effects that change how damage can be assigned or that offer
    other options for damage assignment do fall under the "damage sharing"
    rule (Rule A.8.13).  For example, the Thorn Elemental or
    Butcher Orgg choices would be made by the defending player if banding
    is present in the blockers. [Jordan 2003/05/19]


C - Combat Rules
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D - DCI Tournament Rules
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E - Extracted Rulings on Cards
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G - Game Terms and Rules
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K - Card and Permanent Types and Information
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M - Multi-Player Rules
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P - Phases of the Turn
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T - Timing of Spells and Abilities
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U - Unglued
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Z - Zones of Play
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Index
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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.
    "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.
    "WotC Rules Team" marks official rulings from the rules team.
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