============================================================================== General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 01/06/22 ============================================================================== 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 01/05/23 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.1 - General Rulings on Abilities + A.1.14 - An ability added to a permanent through the use of quoted text does not actually add that quoted text to the card. It adds the ability described by the text. [WotC Rules Team 01/06/07] This rule means that you cannot alter the text on the affected card using Sleight of Mind and similar cards. C - Combat Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. D - DCI Tournament Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D.13 - Type 1 Tournament Format + Note - Apocalypse becomes legal on 01/07/01. D.14 - Type 1.5 Tournament Format + Note - Apocalypse becomes legal on 01/07/01. D.15 - Extended Tournament Format + Note - Apocalypse becomes legal on 01/07/01. D.16 - Standard Tournament Format + Note - Apocalypse will become legal on 01/07/01. E - Extracted Rulings on Cards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. G - Game Terms and Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G.12 - Damage Redirection + G.12.7 - If combat damage is redirected to a creature not in the combat, it is still combat damage. [D'Angelo 01/06/15] K - Card and Permanent Types and Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K.8 - Converted Mana Cost + K.8.Ruling.1 - You ignore additional costs (such as Kicker) and cost reductions. You only look at the cost printed on the card. [Apocalypse FAQ 01/05/24] K.16 - Land Type + K.16.8 - Adding a land type to a land does not remove any of the land's other types and does not change the land's name. It simply adds the land type and a new ability to generate mana (as appropriate for the land type). [WotC Rules Team 01/06/07] K.17 - Legendary Permanents + K.17.2 - Only one legendary permanent of a given name can be in play at a time. If a legendary permanent enters play (or a permanent becomes legendary) when another legendary permanent of that name is already in play, the one that just entered play or that just became legendary is put into its owner's graveyard. If more than one of the same name enters play or become legendary at the same time, then all of them are put into their owner's graveyards. This is done as a state-based effect (see Rule T.11). [CompRules 99/04/23] [D'Angelo 01/06/22] + K.17.Ruling.2 - A spell or ability that affects "all legends" is referring to "all creatures of type Legend". It is not referring to cards from the Legends expansion and it is not referring to non-creature Legendary permanents. [D'Angelo 01/06/15] + K.17.Ruling.6 - The game always knows exactly which legend entered play first or became legendary first (or that they entered play or became legendary at the same time), even if they both enter during the same "event" of a spell or ability. [WotC Rules Team 97/10/06] 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. "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 are not 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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