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214 - Permanents 
  214.1 - A permanent is a card or token in play.  Permanents stay in play
    unless moved to another zone by an effect or rule.  There are five 
    permanent types: artifact, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker.
    Instant and sorcery cards can't come into play.  Some tribal cards can
    come into play and some can't, depending on their types.
    [CompRules 2007/10/01]
  214.1a - The term "permanent card" is used to refer to a card that could be
    put into play.  Specifically, it means an artifact, creature, enchantment,
    land, or planeswalker card. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
  214.1b - If a permanent somehow loses all its permanent types, it remains in
    play.  It's still a permanent. [CompRules 2007/05/01]
  214.2 - A nontoken permanent's card types, supertypes, and subtypes are the
    same as those printed on its card.  A token's card types, supertypes, and
    subtypes are set by the spell or ability that created it.
    [CompRules 2007/10/01]
  214.3 - A card or token becomes a permanent when it comes into play and it
    stops being a permanent when it leaves play.  Permanents come into play
    untapped.  The term "permanent" is used to refer to a card or token while
    it's in play.  The term "card" isn't used to refer to a card that's in
    play as a permanent; rather, it's used to refer to a card that's not in
    play or on the stack, such as a creature card in a player's hand.  For
    more information, see Rule 217, "Zones." [CompRules 2007/05/01]
  214.4 - Every permanent has a controller.  By default, a permanent's
    controller is the player who put it into play. [CompRules 2006/10/01]
  214.5 - Every permanent has a value in each of three status categories:
    tapped/untapped, flipped/unflipped, and face up/face down.  By default, a
    permanent comes into play untapped, unflipped, and face up.  For more
    information, see Rule 510, "Status." [CompRules 2006/10/01]
    
    
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