G.25 - Obsolete Terms


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G.25.Ruling.1- "Bury" - This term means "destroy without allowing regeneration". All cards which used this term have errata. Many change it to destroy with a note to disallow regeneration. Others change it to "sacrifice". Refer to particular cards for details. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.2- "Fast Effect" - This term means "spells and abilities played as instants". It used to also include Interrupts (see Rule G.25.Ruling.4) and Mana Sources (see Rule G.25.Ruling.5) as well. This term was also slang for "instant speed spells and abilities". [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.3- "Fizzle" - This term was used to describe what happened when a spell or ability fails during resolution because its targets are illegal. This rule still exists, but the term is no longer used. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.4- "Interrupt" - This was a special spell type. All such cards are now instants. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.5- "Mana Source" - When used on permanents, this is the same as the current term "Mana Ability" (see Rule A.6). Spells of this type are now of type instant. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.6- "On its way to the graveyard" - This is a really old term. There is no such thing as being "on the way to the graveyard" in the current rules, so this is meaningless now. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.7- "Phase Ability" - This was a term for a play-once ability that was written as "During do ". All such cards have errata to now trigger at the start of the appropriate phase by being worded as "At the beginning of , do ". [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.8- "Phase Cost" - This was a term for a play-once ability that had a payment and an effect if the payment was not made. It was written as "During do or ." All such cards have errata to now trigger at the start of the appropriate phase. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.25.Ruling.9- "Total Casting Cost" - This is the same as "Converted Mana Cost". [CompRules 1999/04/23]

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G.25.Ruling.10- "Summoning Sickness" is officially obsolete, but is still in common use. See Rule G.37.

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