============================================================================== General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 09/16/98 ============================================================================== Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. These rulings are updated monthly. The most recent version is available on the web (WWW) as either of the following: http://www.activesw.com/~sdangelo/rulings.html ftp://ftp.activesw.com/pub/sdangelo/magic/rule-general.txt The above files are also available via FTP to "ftp.activesw.com" under "pub/sdangelo/magic" as "rule-general.txt". If you have neither WWW nor FTP access, send e-mail to "dangelo@netcom.com" requesting a copy of the current Rulings Summaries. A '+' is used to mark changes since the last released version on 08/20/98. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Official Magic: The Gathering Rules Summary dangelo@netcom.com | Network Representative for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ============================================================================== Table of Contents: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. A - Abilities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A.1 - General Rulings on Abilities + A.1.7 - If a card says "During such-and-such player's upkeep, do something", the ability is played by the current player. It does not matter who controls the permanent generating the ability. [WotC Rules Team 07/03/97] Such abilities are controlled by the controller of the permanent, even though that may be different from the player who played the ability. See Rule A.5.4. [DeLaney 08/20/98] A.2 - Activated Abilities + A.2.Ruling.4 - Triggered abilities (see Rule A.8) which are activated are played as trigggered abilities and not as instants (see Rule A.2.3). And they trigger only while in play, rather than being playing only while they are in play (see Rule A.2.4). [D'Angelo 08/25/98] A.25 - Trample: + A.25.2 - When an attacking creature with Trample deals damage in combat, the damage has "trample ability" associated with it. Any unprevented "trample ability" combat damage on a blocking creature which (when added to the current damage already on the creature) is in excess of the creature's toughness is redirected (see Rule G.13) to the defending player at the end of damage prevention. [Fifth Edition, Page 21] See Rule T.10.1. C - Combat Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. D - DCI Tournament Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. E - Extracted Rulings on Cards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. G - Game Terms and Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G.39 - Summoning Sickness + G.39.2 - Creatures with "summoning sickness" cannot attack, and they cannot use any of their own abilities which have a tap symbol in the activation cost. Non-creatures are unaffected by summoning sickness. [Fifth Edition, Page 28] K - Card and Permanent Types and Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T.5 - Step 2: Interrupt Period + T.5.3 - For any Batches (see Rule T.8) announced during this step, the active player is the controller of the current spell or ability instead of being the player whose turn it is. [Fifth Edition, Page 42] Z - Zones of Play ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. 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