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This search based on the March 17, 2008 release of the Rulings.
505 - Split Cards
- 505.1 - Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The back of a
split card is the normal Magic: The Gathering card back.
[CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.2 - In every zone except the stack, split cards have two sets of
characteristics and two converted mana costs. As long as a split card is
a spell on the stack, only the characteristics of the half being played
exist. The other half's characteristics are treated as though they didn't
exist. [CompRules 2006/07/15]
- 505.3 - Each split card that consists of two halves with different colored
mana symbols in their mana costs is a multicolored card while it's not a
spell on the stack. While it's a spell on the stack, it's only the color
or colors of the half being played. [CompRules 2007/02/01]
- 505.4 - Although split cards have two playable halves, each split card is
only one card. For example, a player who has drawn or discarded a split
card has drawn or discarded one card, not two. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 505.5 - An effect that asks for a particular characteristic of a split card
while it's in a zone other than the stack gets two answers (one for each
of the split card's two halves.) [CompRules 2006/07/15]
Example: Infernal Genesis has an ability that reads, "At the beginning
of each player's upkeep, that player puts the top card from his or her
library into his or her graveyard. He or she then puts X 1/1 black Minion
creature tokens into play, where X is that card's converted mana cost."
If the top card of your library is Assault (Assault/Battery) when this
ability resolves, the game sees its converted mana cost as "1, and 4."
You get five creature tokens. [CompRules 2006/05/01]
- 505.6 - An effect that performs a positive comparison (such as asking if a
card is red) or a relative comparison (such as asking if a card's
converted mana cost is less than 2) involving characteristics of one or
more split cards in any zone other than the stack gets only one answer.
This answer is "yes" if either side of each split card in the comparison
would return a "yes" answer if compared individually.
[CompRules 2006/10/01]
If an effect performs a comparison involving multiple characteristics of
one or more split cards in any zone other than the stack, each
characteristic is compared separately. If each of the individual
comparisons would return a "yes" answer, the whole comparison returns
a "yes" answer. [CompRules 2006/10/01]
An effect that performs a negative comparison (such as asking if cards
have different names) involving characteristics of one or more split cards
in any zone other than the stack also gets only one answer. This answer
is "yes" if performing the analogous positive comparison would return
a "no" answer. [CompRules 2007/02/01]
Example: Void reads, "Choose a number. Destroy all artifacts and
creatures with converted mana cost equal to that number. Then target
player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards with
converted mana cost equal to the number." If a player plays Void and
chooses 1, his or her opponent would discard Assault (Assault/Battery)
because the game sees its converted mana cost as "1, and 4." The same is
true if the player chooses 4. If the player chooses 5, however,
Assault/Battery would be unaffected. [CompRules 2006/05/01]
- 505.7 - If an effect instructs a player to name a card and the player wants
to name a split card, the player must name both halves of the split card.
An object has the chosen name if it has at least one of the two names
chosen this way. [CompRules 2008/02/01]
This search based on the March 17, 2008 release of the Rulings.
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