General Rulings Summary Updated 2003/07/24


Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details.

This is the last 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 2003/06/19 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:

A

Abilities

C

Combat Rules

D

DCI Tournament Rules

E

Extracted Rulings on Cards

G

Game Terms and Rules

K

Card and Permanent Types and Information

M

Multi-Player Rules

P

Phases of the Turn

T

Timing of Spells and Abilities

U

Unglued

Z

Zones of Play

Index

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.

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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.

Magic: The Gathering and all of the cards listed herein are copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.


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