============================================================================== General Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 2002/11/19 ============================================================================== 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 2002/10/18 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. C - Combat Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No changes to this section. D - DCI Tournament Rules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D.13 - Type 1 Tournament Format + Note - Onslaught became legal on 2002/11/01. D.14 - Type 1.5 Tournament Format + Note - Onslaught became legal on 2002/11/01. D.15 - Extended Tournament Format + D.15.1 - Can be composed of cards from any edition of the basic set from Sixth Edition on, plus any expansion of Magic from Urza's Saga on. Collector's Edition cards are not allowed. Promotional cards are not allowed. The poker cards are not allowed (despite the April Fools article in the Duelist). The Championship decks are not allowed. To be more clear, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Fallen Empires, Ice Age, Homelands, Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight, Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Revised Edition, Fourth Edition, Fifth Edition, and Chronicles are disallowed unless they were reprinted in an allowed set. + Note - Ice Age, Alliances, Homelands, Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight, Fifth Edition, and the dual lands rotated out of this format on 2002/11/01. + Note - Onslaught became legal on 2002/11/01. D.16 - Standard Tournament Format + D.16.2 - Decks can be composed of cards from the most recent edition of The Gathering (currently Seventh Edition) and all sets from the two most recent "blocks" (currently Odyssey/Torment/Judgment and Onslaught). A "block" is a stand-alone set and the two expansion sets which follow it. This means that cards stay in use for approximately two years. [Tournament Rules 1997/10/01] + Note - Onslaught became legal on 2002/11/01. + Note - The Invasion/Planeshift/Apocalypse block rotated out on 2002/11/01. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.4 - Step 1: Announcing a Spell or Ability + T.4.2 - Announcing a spell or ability can be charted out like this: [CompRules 1999/04/23] [WotC Rules Team 2000/06/06] a) Announce the spell or ability to be played and put it on the stack. If the spell is a split spell (see Rule K.24), choose which half of the spell will be played as it is put on the stack. b) If the spell or ability is modal (see Rule G.24), choose the mode. c) If the spell or ability has an alternate cost, choose whether or not to use it. d) If Buyback (see Rule A.9), Kicker (see Rule A.22) or other optional cost is available, choose if it will be paid. e) If the spell or ability has an {X} in the mana cost, the value for X is chosen. f) Targets (if any) are chosen. See Rule G.39. g) If targets are affected differently, choose how each target is affected. This includes dividing up counters and damage. h) Determine the cost. Once determined, payment in step j will not change this cost. i) Mana abilities may be played at this point (or before announcing). j) Pay all costs. See Rule G.6. 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. 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