Note- The rulings in this sub-section may be out of date. Refer to the latest DCI rules for more accurate information.
D.10.1- If you "forget" to pay upkeep before drawing your card or otherwise proceeding, you must go back and deal with all mandatory abilities and effects, but optional ones are all considered to go unpaid (with the stated results). [Tournament Rules 1997/10/01]
D.10.2- Players may not play for ante. [Tournament Rules 1996/10/01]
D.10.3- After drawing your initial hand for a game, you have the option of calling a Mulligan. To do this, simply shuffle your hand back into your library and draw a hand with one fewer cards. For example, if you Mulligan once, you start the game with just 6 cards in your hand, not 7. [Tournament Rules 1998/09/01]
D.10.4- The player who is to play first chooses whether or not to Mulligan first. Once that player stops calling Mulligans, the other player chooses if they want to. [Tournament Rules 1998/09/01]
D.10.5- As per the game rules, the first player each game skips their draw step (see Rule P.1.3). The winner of the coin toss before the each match decides if they want to play first or to draw first. [Mirage, Page 46]
D.10.Ruling.1- In previous tournament rules, the standard Mulligan was done if a player had no land cards in their initial hand of 7 cards (and had to reveal their hand to their opponent). Each player got one free Mulligan without losing a card from their hand, and had no option for additional Mulligans. If one player called a Mulligan, the other player also had the option to redraw their hand for no cost. This rule is no longer used. [Tournament Rules 1996/10/01]