Bronze Tablet

Artifact, 6 (6)
Remove Bronze Tablet from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
Bronze Tablet comes into play tapped.
{4}, {T}: Remove Bronze Tablet and target nontoken permanent an opponent owns from the game. That player may pay 10 life. If he or she does, put Bronze Tablet into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player owns Bronze Tablet and you own the other removed card.¹
Illus. Tom Wänerstrand

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

• Cannot choose to lose 10 life if you have less than 10 life, but you may choose to give up the game immediately. This has roughly the same effect. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• If the card being targeted by the Bronze Tablet is removed before Tablet takes effect, then the Tablet ability is countered and it remains tapped. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
• If the tablet is not still in play when the ability resolves, it is not removed from the game, and the exchange fails to happen. You don't get the other player's card. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
• If using a Copy Artifact of the Tablet, you must trade the Copy Artifact card to your opponent just like you would have traded the Tablet. [bethmo 1994/08/01]
• You can take control of your opponent's Tablet and in the trade you only have to give them back their Tablet. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 15]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have banned this card since 1994/05/02.
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have always banned this card.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have always banned this card.

Format Legality	Banned in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard
Printings (2/12)	Fourth Edition (Rare) Antiquities (Rare)