Menu:
Home
Random
Advanced Search
Preferences

Editions: (new)
Shards of Alara
Eventide
Shadowmoor
Tenth Edition
→ View All

Extras:
Tokens
Contributors
Help

Rules:
Rulings Summaries
Comprehensive Rules

Fifth Edition

 Fünfte Edition  Cinquième Edition  Quinta Edizione  Quinta Edición  Quinta Edição

1. Abyssal Specter

2. Animate Dead

• It follows all the rules for Aura (Enchant Creature) cards. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14] For example, it counts for abilities that interact with creature enchantments, such as Rabid Wombat. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
• You can Animate a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• The creature comes out as if it were just played. Any X in the mana cost is zero (see Rule G24.1). So animating a Rock Hydra gives you a hydra with zero heads. [Mirage, Page 31]
• When putting a card into play that requires a definition for its value, such as with Minion of the Wastes, you do what is needed to define the value. [WotC Rules Team 1998/02/02] In the case of Minion of the Wastes, you pay life to define its values.
• The animated creature comes into play with summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39), so it cannot attack until it begins one of its controller's turns in play. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule 402.8). [D'Angelo 2002/12/19]
• If the creature card put into play has Protection from Black (or a similar effect that prevents Animate Dead from legally being attached), then it will fail to become attached and it as per Rule 212.4k, which states that an Aura trying to move onto an illegal permanent will stay where it is. Then the Animate Dead will go to the graveyard as an Aura that is not enchanting anything. This will sacrifice the creature as well, as stated by the card text. [D'Angelo 2007/10/20]
• If the creature phases out (see Rule 502.15) without the Animate Dead because Animate Dead has been affected by Spatial Binding, the Animate Dead is put into the graveyard but the creature is not. The creature will phase in perfectly normal since the Animate Dead ability did not destroy it. [Aahz 1997/02/16]
• It cannot move to a different creature using Aura moving effects. [D'Angelo 2007/09/08]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Put Into Play, Rule G16.33.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchantment" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Enchantment - Aura".
• Note - The Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Revised Edition, and Fourth Edition versions had this card as an Enchant Dead Creature. [D'Angelo 1997/04/11]

3. Ashes to Ashes

• Must have 2 targets at time of casting in order to be declared. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 6]
• If one target is removed or becomes invalid after declaration, the other target is still affected. [bethmo 1994/09/15] You take the damage if at least one target is removed from the game. [D'Angelo 1995/05/17]

4. Bad Moon

5. Black Knight

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Human Knight".

6. Blight

• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) the land was destroyed at end of turn. It is now destroyed as a triggered ability.
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

7. Bog Imp

• Note - The Portal version had no creature type.

8. Bog Rats

• No, Bog Rats do not affect Plague Rats totals. [Aahz 1994/08/09]

9. Bog Wraith

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - The Portal version had no creature type.

10. Breeding Pit

• Must actually be in play at the end of turn in order for you to get a Thrull. The getting of the Thrull is not part of paying the upkeep, it is part of having the card in play. [D'Angelo 1995/04/12]
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

11. Broken Visage

• The Spirit token creature gets a fixed power/toughness equal to the power/toughness of the target creature when Broken Visage resolves. This includes the effects of any enchantments or other effects on the target creature. The Shadow token never gets a variable power/toughness. [D'Angelo 1995/10/29]
• The token creature comes into play under your control regardless of who controlled the target creature. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 36]
• Note - Errata changed the token creature's type from Shadow to Spirit.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

12. Carrion Ants

• Note - This card was creature type "Ant" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Insect".

13. Cloak of Confusion

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

14. Cursed Land

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

15. Dark Ritual

• This card, as with all instants cards, goes to the graveyard when it resolves. It does not stay in play. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2000/04/01.
• Note - In Mirage, Fifth Edition, Tempest, and Urza's Saga, this spell was of type Mana Source. In Ice Age, Fourth Edition (and before), it was of type Interrupt. It is now of type Instant.

16. Deathgrip

17. Derelor

18. Drain Life

• You can put as much black mana as you want into this spell's X value, but you cannot gain more life than the creature's toughness. [D'Angelo 1996/07/01]
• You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged. [PPG Page 70]
• Cost reducers, such as Helm of Awakening can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost. [WotC Rules Team 1997/06/01]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
• Note - Before errata, the X part of the cost was not part of the mana cost; it was part of the card's text. [Oracle 1999/07/01] This means the X cost is now part of the cost for things like Spell Blast.
• Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.

19. Drudge Skeletons

20. Erg Raiders

• If unable to attack because it is tapped or something, it still deals 2 damage to the controller of this card. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
• Note - The Arabian Nights version of this card has two versions, one with a small dark circle behind the "1" in the mana cost (rarity C3) and one with a normal mana circle behind the cost (rarity C2).
• Note - This card was of creature type "Raider" and not "Human Warrior" until Oracle 2007/09/01.

21. Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore

• Note - In Fifth Edition and Legends this card was of creature type "Evil Eye", then it was type "Horror" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral when it became "Eye".

22. Evil Presence

• A changed land is considered to be the new land type in all ways. This is not just a change of name. It changes the color of mana produced too. [Mirage, Page 58]
• Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

23. Fallen Angel

• You can use the sacrifice ability as many times in a turn as you want to, with one creature sacrificed each time. [Aahz 1994/06/14]
• Can sacrifice itself. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 123]

24. Fear

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Fear, Rule 502.25.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" prior to Ninth Ediiton and Oracle 2005/08/01.

25. Frozen Shade

• Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.

26. Funeral March

• Phasing out will trigger the sacrifice effect. [bethmo 1996/09/17]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

27. Gloom

• The additional mana is paid at the same time the spell/ability is announced. [bethmo 1996/06/20]
• The extra mana is not considered part of the mana cost (see Rule G13.7). A Spell Blast would still only require the original mana cost as X in order to counter the spell. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
• The extra mana is not considered part of the activation cost. It is a separate cost. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
• The extra mana is part of the play cost, so cost reducers like Helm of Awakening can be used to pay part of this cost.

28. Greater Werewolf

• This ability is played at end of combat so it only works if it is still alive at that time. [Aahz 1996/09/11]
• Note - This card was creature type "Lycanthrope" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wolf".

29. Hecatomb

• The sacrifice is done as a triggered ability just after it enters play. It is not done on announcement. [D'Angelo 1995/10/27]
• If you have less than 4 creatures, you do not partially sacrifice. You pay 4 creatures or none. [WotC Rules Team 1995/06/15]
• You choose whether to sacrifice creatures or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice this card. You can choose to not sacrifice creatures if you no longer control this card on resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

30. Howl from Beyond

• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

31. Initiates of the Ebon Hand

• Mana which "changes color" as it goes through the Hand forgets its original source because the old mana gets used up and new mana gets generated. [Aahz 1995/01/24]

32. Kjeldoran Dead

• If you control no creatures in play (other than this one) when it enters play, you have to sacrifice this card. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
• The sacrifice is a triggered ability (see Rule 404) and not a cost. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 25]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - In Ice Age and Fifth Edition this card was of creature type Dead.

33. Knight of Stromgald

• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Knight".

34. Krovikan Fetish

• If it is moved to a new creature by something that moves enchantments, the controller of the Fetish does not get to draw another card. [D'Angelo 1998/05/04]
• You do not get a card if the target becomes illegal and Krovikan Fetish is countered when it would resolve. This is because it never successfully comes into play. [D'Angelo 1995/06/20]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

35. Leshrac's Rite

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

36. Lord of the Pit

• If you have a creature, you must sacrifice it. The 7 damage can only be taken if no creature can be sacrificed. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 15]
• You can sacrifice a Lord of the Pit to a different Lord of the Pit. [Aahz 1994/09/14]
• If you have two Lords of the Pit, you can sacrifice them to each other. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]
• You can select creatures with Protection from Black to be sacrificed. [Aahz 1994/04/01]
• Circle of Protection: Black can be used to prevent the damage. [bethmo 1994/03/01]
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

37. Lost Soul

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - This card was creature type "Lost Soul" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Spirit Minion".

38. Mind Ravel

• You still draw a card if opponent had no cards in hand. [WotC Rules Team 1995/06/15]

39. Mind Warp

• The target player decides what order to put the cards in the graveyard. You decide which cards, but they do the discarding. [Duelist Magazine #14, Page 27]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

40. Mindstab Thrull

• The defending player gets to choose which cards they discard. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 7]

41. Mole Worms

42. Murk Dwellers

• Note - This card was creature type "Murk Dwellers" until Oracle 1999/09/01, when it became "Murk-Dwellers". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Zombie".

43. Necrite

44. Necropotence

• If the card is not still in the graveyard when the trigger resolves, it does not remove the card form the game. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12]
• Removing Necropotence from play will not stop the cards from the life-payment ability from being put into your hand at the end of turn. [D'Angelo 1998/11/13]
• Only has the effect of making you skip your draw step if it is in play when your draw step would normally start. [WotC Rules Team 1995/10/18]
• The acquired cards are not considered draws. They will not cause damage with Underworld Dreams or have Enduring Renewal detect creatures. [D'Angelo 1995/12/08]
• Can be used with Fasting. The reason is that Necropotence does not force you to skip your draw step unless it is in play at the end of your upkeep phase. Fasting allows you to mark the draw step as "skipped" during upkeep prior to Necropotence kicking in. [Aahz 1996/01/16]
• Necropotence interacts with Madness (see Rule 502.24) so you cannot use the Madness ability. This is because Madness turns "discard to graveyard" into "discard to removed from game" and Necropotence turns any discard into simply "remove from game" with no discard. Madness only works if you remove it from game as part of its ability. [Jordan 2002/03/03]
• The discard removal was a replacement ability until 2008/07/01 when it was made into a triggered ability. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2000/10/01.
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 2000/10/01.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2001/04/01.
• Note - Also see Skipping a Phase, Rule 419.6e.

45. Nether Shadow

• Note that bringing the Shadow back into play from the graveyard is not a spell, it is an ability. It cannot be countered with something that counters spells. [bethmo 1994/05/14]
• Since it comes into play due to triggering at the beginning of upkeep, it is not possible to get an infinite loop with four Nether Shadows. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Note - In all printings it was of creature type "Shadow" but it is now of creature type "Spirit".

46. Nightmare

• If you run out of Swamps, the Nightmare dies as a state-based effect (see Rule 420) right before the next player gains priority. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Note - This card was creature type "Nightmare" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Nightmare Horse".
• Note - The Beta printing version of this card has a blotch over the word Swamp that is not in any of the other printings.

47. Paralyze

• It can only be untapped using Paralyze once per turn. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Two Paralyzes are not cumulative. Paying either one will untap the creature. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Paying the cost is optional. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• The enchantment is a permanent. It does not leave once it is paid. This is a common mistake. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• Because Paralyze is paid during upkeep, the creature does avoid restrictions on the untap phase such as Smoke, and can untap when Stasis is in effect, or untap around the Meekstone. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• The creature becomes tapped just after Paralyze comes into play (see Rule 410.10a), not when it is declared. [Aahz 1994/07/29]
• Paralyze can be played on creatures which are already tapped. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

48. Pestilence

• It is not targeted, so it will try to damage creatures with Protection from Black, but note that Protection from Color immediately reduces all damage of that color to zero, so the damage is prevented before it can actually hurt the creature. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• Each activation is considered a new damage effect. An activation can only be 1 point of damage. [Duelist Magazine #12, Page 26]
• It will stay in play if there is a creature which is put into the graveyard at end of turn. This is because this ability will not trigger at all if there is at least one creature in play at that time. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Remember that the current player's "at end of turn" effects resolve after the other player's because they are put on the stack first.
• Note that "until end of turn" effects wear off after this, so a Mishra's Factory can keep Pestilence in play. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Applies to all players and their creatures in multiplayer games. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 64]

49. Pit Scorpion

• Note - Also see Poison, Rule G16.21.

50. Plague Rats

• "Plague Rats in play" means Plague Rats in play controlled by any and all players. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• Only counts cards that are "Plague Rats" and not all cards that are "Creature - Rats" (or "Summon Rats" on older cards). [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]

51. Pox

• Creatures with Protection from Black are not ignored by Pox. This is not considered a targeted effect so they are both counted and valid choices for being destroyed. [D'Angelo 1996/02/01]

52. Rag Man

• Note - This card was creature type "Rag Man" until Seventh Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01, it became "Human Minion".

53. Raise Dead

• A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
• You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent. [bethmo 1994/10/01]
• You can Raise Dead a creature which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
• The creature being brought back is chosen on announcement and not on resolution of the spell because it is targeted. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 123]
• Although the text isn't totally clear, the targeted creature card must be in your graveyard. [D'Angelo 2007/02/28]

54. Scathe Zombies

55. Sengir Autocrat

• When it leaves play, it removes all Serfs in play and not just the ones it generated or just the ones under your control. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 37]
• The token creatures are black. [Oracle 1999/06/30]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
• Note - In Fifth Edition and Homelands this card was of creature type "Autocrat". It was then of type "Minion" until Oracle 2006/10/01 when it became "Human".

56. Sorceress Queen

• Creatures with power or toughness calculated (such as Nightmare or Keldon Warlord) have their power/toughness overridden to be 0/2 so their normal ability to have their power/toughness recalculated won't do anything useful while the Sorceress effect is upon that creature. Same goes for Angry Mob. [bethmo 1996/01/30]
• Note - This card was creature type "Sorceress" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".

57. Stromgald Cabal

• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Knight".

58. Terror

• As with all targeted spells, the requirements for targeting are checked when declaring the effect and when resolving it. So, if the creature becomes a black or artifact creature after this spell is declared and before it is resolved, then the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

59. The Wretched

• This means it affects ones currently being blocked by this card at the end of combat and not ones that might have been removed by an effect such as General Jarkeld. [Duelist Magazine #8, Page 47]
• If The Wretched blocks and regenerates, it is removed from combat, so The Wretched will not be blocking anything at the end of combat. This means there will be no creatures blocking it when the triggered ability resolves and so the ability does nothing. [D'Angelo 1999/04/25]
• Note - Thie card was creature type "Wretched" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Demon".

60. Thrull Retainer

• When you use the activated ability, this card goes to the graveyard when you announce the ability, but the enchanted creature does not get regenerated until the ability resolves. It has no bonus while the ability is on the stack and this may destroy the creature before the regeneration can take effect. [D'Angelo 2003/05/20]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

61. Torture

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

62. Touch of Death

63. Unholy Strength

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - The Fourth Edition version of this card has a modified version of the card art used in Limited Edition through Revised Edition. The red flaming pentagram in the background was removed.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

64. Vampire Bats

65. Wall of Bone

• Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.
• Note - This card was creature type "Wall" until Oracle 2008/01/01, when it became "Skeleton Wall".

66. Warp Artifact

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

67. Weakness

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

68. Xenic Poltergeist

• Wears off at the beginning of the upkeep, not during upkeep. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
• Note - Also see Changing a Permanent's Type, Rule 212.1c.
• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.
• Note - This card was creature type "Poltergeist" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Spirit".

69. Zombie Master

• Does not grant the abilities to itself. [PPG Page 225]
• The regeneration ability is actually added to the card text of all Zombies. The Swampwalk ability is just granted to them. [Aahz 1997/03/18]
• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - This card was creature type "Lord" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".

70. Æther Storm

• Affects creature and artifact creature cards, plus the older summon cards. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
• Does not prevent a creature card from being put into play by a spell or ability, but it does prevent the playing of creature cards as spells or using effects that allow you to play creature cards directly. [D'Angelo 2002/06/12]

71. Air Elemental

72. Anti-Magic Aura

• The creature can be targeted by abilities. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

73. Azure Drake

74. Binding Grasp

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

75. Boomerang

76. Brainstorm

• This is all one effect. You draw 3 and return 2 cards all in one resolution. Nothing may be used between the two. [D'Angelo 1999/10/12]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2008/06/20.

77. Counterspell

• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this was an Interrupt. All such spells are now Instants.

78. Dance of Many

• Note - Also see Copying Objects, Rule 503. There are enough important rules there that they are worth reading first.
• Treat the token as coming into play as a copy of the chosen creature. If that creature normally gets counters when played, the token creature gets counters. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
• Destroying the creature that was copied will not cause the token creature to be destroyed as well. [Aahz 1994/10/21]
• The ability is targeted and checks the validity of the target when declared and when resolving. If the creature is not still there when the copy resolves, the copy ability is countered and no token is put into play. This card remains in play as a global enchantment with no token. [D'Angelo 1999/08/31]
• The mana cost is copied. This makes Dance of Many the exception to the rule that token creatures have a mana cost of zero. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
• The creature is still considered a token creature, so if you happen to copy a Drudge Skeletons, the Skeleton token would still be susceptible to Drudge Spell. [Aahz 1996/03/02]
• The "remove from game" triggered abilities are on Dance of Many and not from the token. [D'Angelo 1996/10/01] If Dance of Many loses its abilities, removing one from play won't destroy the other.
• Each Dance of Many is associated only with its token creature. If one leaves play, only the corresponding token is affect, not all tokens from all instances of Dance of Many. [D'Angelo 1997/05/19]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Copying Objects, Rule 503.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

79. Dandân

80. Dark Maze

• Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

81. Deflection

• Only targets the spell being Deflected and not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting. [Aahz 1995/07/09]
• You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution. [bethmo 1999/11/30]
• You cannot make a spell which is on the stack target itself. Thus, you cannot make Counterspell target itself or make another Deflection target itself. [D'Angelo 1999/12/07]
• You can choose to make a spell on the stack target the Deflection you are playing (if such a target choice would be legal had the spell be cast while Deflection was on the stack). The new target for the Deflected spell is not chosen until Deflection resolves. Deflection is still on the stack when new targets are selected for the spell. [D'Angelo 2000/06/20]
• Once Deflection resolves, the new target is considered to be targeted by the deflected spell. This will trigger any effects, such as Skulking Ghost, which trigger on being targeted. [bethmo 1997/08/08]
• A Counterspell can be changed to target something that is further down the stack (meaning the target will resolve before the Counterspell does). [D'Angelo 2000/05/20]
• Note - In Fifth Edition and Ice Age this card was of type Interrupt. All such cards are now of type Instant.

82. Drain Power

• Since this is a sorcery, your opponent may use instants and abilities of permanents in response to this spell before you get the mana from their mana pool and lands. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• If a land can draw more than one color of mana (by choice) then the target player (not the caster of this spell) chooses which colors are drawn at the time they draw it. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
• If a land can draw a variable amount of mana, the target player (not the caster of this spell) chooses how much to draw. [D'Angelo 2002/07/21]

83. Energy Flux

84. Enervate

85. Feedback

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Enchantment" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

86. Flight

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

87. Flood

• Note - The artist's name, Dennis Detwiller, is spelled incorrectly on The Dark version.

88. Force Spike

• The payment is optional. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
• Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

89. Forget

90. Gaseous Form

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

91. Glacial Wall

• Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

92. Homarid Warrior

• The ability to make itself not be targetable can be used in response to being targeted. Since spells and abilities resolve in last-to-first order, the Warrior becomes untargetable before the targeted spell or ability resolves and causes the targeted spell or ability to fizzle. Note that if you use this ability before being targeted, that a targeted spell or ability used in the same stack will resolve first. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
• The ability can be activated more than once in a single batch if you need it to be. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• Does not cause enchantments on it to be removed when the effect is activated. An enchantment in play is neither a spell nor an ability. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 7]
• It taps when the ability resolves if it was not already tapped. It may be used even if it is already tapped. [Aahz 1994/12/02]
• Note - Also see Shroud, Rule 502.36.
• Note - This card was creature type "Homarid" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Homarid Warrior".

93. Hurkyl's Recall

• Retrieves all artifacts owned by the target player regardless of who controls them. Ignores artifacts owned by other players even if target player has control of them. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• It only returns artifacts which are in play. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/04/01.
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/04/01.

94. Hydroblast

• You can target any spell or permanent, it need not be red. It just does not do anything unless the color matches. [D'Angelo 1995/06/09]
• The decision to counter a spell or destroy a permanent is a decision made on announcement before a target of the proper type is selected. If the spell is redirected, this mode cannot be changed, so only targets of the selected type are valid. [WotC Rules Team 1995/09/22] See Rule G13.13 on Modal spells.
• Note - Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G13.13.
• Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

95. Juxtapose

• The choices of what to exchange are made on resolution. They are not made on announcement. [bethmo 1996/12/07]
• Must trade creatures and artifacts if possible, but can trade just one kind or neither kind if none are available to trade. [Aahz 1994/06/16]
• Does not target either creature. So the spell allows you to choose creatures with Protection from Blue when making the choice of highest cost creatures. [Aahz 1995/10/24]
• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.

96. Krovikan Sorcerer

• The cards are discarded from your hand during announcement and as a cost. [Duelist Magazine #11, Page 56]
• It is not a forced discard, so it cannot be used with Library of Leng. [Duelist Magazine #11, Page 56]
• Note - This card was creature type "Wizard" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".

97. Labyrinth Minotaur

98. Leviathan

• You don't have to pay the untap cost if it is untapped outside the upkeep phase or is untapped by an effect. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 7]
• To make it attack, the two Islands are sacrificed at the time it is declared as an attacker. This is an increase to the cost to attack. [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

99. Lifetap

• Gives one life for each and every Forest tapped. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• Since it detects a Forest becoming tapped, it even works if the Forest is tapped with Twiddle or Icy Manipulator. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• It works if the land being tapped is only part Forest or "counts as a Forest" regardless of what mana type it is tapped for. [Aahz 1994/07/28]
• In multi-player games it affects all opponents. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]

100. Lord of Atlantis

• Does not grant the abilities to itself. [D'Angelo 2006/10/08]
• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - In the Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited Editions this card was of creature type "Lord of Atlantis". Then it was of type "Lord" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral when it became "Merfolk Lord". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Merfolk".

101. Magical Hack

• Alters all occurrences of a land word in the text box of the given card. [WotC Rules Team 1994/04/01]
• Can target a card with no land words on it. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• Cannot change a land word to the same land word. It must be a different word. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• Cannot Hack proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as Island Fish Jasconius. [WotC Rules Team 1994/06/01]
• Cannot change a card's name, such as changing an Island to a Plains. [D'Angelo 1999/03/26]
• Cannot add or remove the words "Snow-Covered". [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
• If played on a spell being cast, and that spell becomes a permanent, the permanent enters play with an effect on it. It does not change the base characteristics of the permanent. This is just like having the permanent enter play, and then playing this spell. [bethmo 1998/05/22]
• You choose the land words on resolution. [D'Angelo 2003/02/16]
• Note - Also see Text Changing, Rule 418.6.
• Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

102. Magus of the Unseen

• Can be used on an untapped artifact. Being tapped is not a targeting requirement. [Aahz 1995/06/08]
• The artifact taps after returning to the opponent (if it is not already tapped), so any abilities triggered off it tapping happen at that time. [Aahz 1995/07/05]
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.
• Note - This card was creature type "Wizard" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".

103. Memory Lapse

• The card does not go to the graveyard before being put on the library. [bethmo 1997/10/19]
• If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets cannot be countered), then it does not go to its owner's library. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]
• This card has a self replacement (see Rule 419.6c). This means that it replaces going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. [Rules Team 2001/05/01] If Flashback is applied using Recoup, however, Flashback will change the destination. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.

104. Merfolk of the Pearl Trident

• Note - The Portal version had no creature type.

105. Mind Bomb

• This is a forced discard. Library of Leng can be used on the discards. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]

106. Phantasmal Forces

• Note - This card was creature type "Phantasm" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Illusion".
• Note - The Alpha printing version of this card had a 'U' where the blue mana symbol is on all further printings.

107. Phantasmal Terrain

• Basic land types are: Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, and Swamp. All other land types are not considered basic lands. [CompRules 1999/04/23] See Rule G2.3.
• A changed land is considered to be the new land type in all ways. This is not just a change of name. It changes the color of mana produced and removes any and all special abilities the land may otherwise have had. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
• Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

108. Phantom Monster

• Note - This card was creature type "Phantom" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Illusion".

109. Pirate Ship

• Note - Also see Islandhome, Rule G9.19.
• Note - This card was of creature type "Ship" and not "Human Pirate" until Oracle 2006/10/01.

110. Portent

• This does not cause a player to lose if they have less than 3 cards in their library. It allows you to look at and reorder or shuffle whatever remaining cards there might be. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]

111. Power Sink

• When this spell resolves, you either pay X mana or let all your lands become tapped. The lands that become tapped are not "tapped for mana". [bethmo 1997/10/09] If you choose to pay, you may pay the X mana using whatever mana abilities you want to use.
• Special lands which do not provide mana are also tapped by this card. [D'Angelo 2000/11/06]
• If the land provides mana only for specific purposes (like Mishra's Workshop), it cannot be used to pay the X mana (unless that purpose is being filled). Mishra's Workshop, like most purposed mana, could not be used to pay for Power Sink. [WotC Rules Team 1994/09/30]
• Does not increase the mana cost of the spell. It just requires a separate expenditure in order for it to succeed. [bethmo 1994/05/05]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

112. Prodigal Sorcerer

• Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.

113. Psychic Venom

• Whenever the land is tapped for any reason (including by Twiddle or Icy Manipulator), damage is done. [bethmo 1994/10/01]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

114. Ray of Command

• Can be used on an untapped creature. Being tapped is not a targeting requirement. [Aahz 1995/06/08]
• The creature returns to the opponent when the "until end of turn" effect wears off during the cleanup step. It taps during the Cleanup step (if it is not already tapped), so any abilities triggered off it tapping happen at that time. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
• Note that the creature gets summoning sickness again when it returns so it cannot be tapped for an ability or attack until it begins that player's turn under their control again. [D'Angelo 1995/08/02]
• This effect ends if the creature phases out. The creature will phase back in during your next untap phase without the Ray of Command's control effect, which typically means it will be under its original controller's control. [D'Angelo 1997/09/02]
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.

115. Recall

• The cards are discarded from your hand during resolution. It is a forced discard, so it can be used with Library of Leng. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Choose which cards in the graveyard are being recalled during resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• The "{X}{X}{U}" mana cost is not a misprint. It means to spend one blue plus two times X generic mana to cast the spell. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7] See Rule G24.1.
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 until 2003/04/01.
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card until 2003/04/01.
• Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 to 1996/04/01.

116. Reef Pirates

• Note - This card was creature type "Ship" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie Pirate".

117. Remove Soul

• Works on Creature and Artifact Creature cards. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.
• Note - Older cards of type "Summon" have errata to be of type "Creature".

118. Sea Serpent

• Note - Also see Islandhome, Rule G9.19.

119. Sea Spirit

• Note - This card was creature type "Spirit" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elemental Spirit".

120. Sea Sprite

• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

121. Seasinger

• You do not lose control of the stolen creature if it stops being a creature. You only lose control if Seasinger leaves your control or becomes untapped. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09]
• It only checks if the opponent controls an Island at the time the ability resolves. Once it resolves, you don't lose control if they stop having an Island. [D'Angelo 2007/10/20]

122. Segovian Leviathan

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - This card was creature type "Leviathan" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Serpent". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Leviathan".

123. Sibilant Spirit

• Your opponent does not have to draw a card if they don't want to. [D'Angelo 1995/08/10]

124. Sleight of Mind

• If played on a spell being cast, and that spell becomes a permanent, the permanent enters play with an effect on it. It does not change the base characteristics of the permanent. This is just like having the permanent enter play, and then playing this spell except it is never in play with its original text. [bethmo 1998/05/22]
• Can target a card with no color words on it. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• Cannot change a color word to the same color word. It must be a different word. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• You cannot Sleight proper nouns (i.e. card names). This means that you cannot affect Black Vise. [WotC Rules Team 1995/04/26]
• You cannot Sleight explanatory references to a card's own color. This applies to Dark Heart of the Wood, Scarwood Goblins, and Marsh Goblins. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
• This spell can be used to change the "flavor text" (the italicized text) on the card. This has no game effect but uses up the spell. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• Note - Also see Text Changing, Rule 418.6.
• Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

125. Soul Barrier

• A creature spell is any Creature or Artifact Creature spell. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03] Older cards of type Summon are also creature spells.

126. Spell Blast

• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
• Note - In Tempest and Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.

127. Stasis

• Does not prevent cards from being untapped outside the untap step. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• Since there is no untap step, Phasing in/out (see Rule 502.15 and Rule 502.15) won't happen. [bethmo 1996/10/03]

128. Steal Artifact

• Can be used on artifact creatures. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

129. Time Elemental

• You both sacrifice it and deal the 5 damage at end of combat. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• You still take the 5 damage at end of combat even if it is no longer in play at that time. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• A "nonenchanted permanent" is a permanent with no local enchantments on it. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]

130. Twiddle

• The opponent gets a chance to use the card being Twiddled in response to this spell if they so wish and if the card's ability is legal at the time. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Any cards which might trigger off a card becoming tapped will trigger. Thus, a Psychic Venom on a land that becomes tapped will cause 2 damage. [D'Angelo 1995/03/12] Similarly, if the card itself triggers on its own tapping, such as City of Brass, the ability will still happen. [D'Angelo 1995/04/12]
• The decision to tap or untap is made on resolution. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03] This is not a modal spell.
• The choice of target gives free range of lands, creatures, and artifacts. You do not lock in on one type as a casting decision. If the spell is Forked or redirected, the type is not fixed. [Duelist Magazine #8, Page 50]
• Twiddle to tap can target a tapped card, and Twiddle to untap can target an untapped card. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• This is not a toggle effect. If you use Twiddle to tap a card and before it takes effect your opponent taps it, Twiddle will not untap the card. [bethmo 1994/04/01]

131. Unstable Mutation

• The -1/-1 counters stay even if the enchantment is removed, and the +3/+3 goes away when the enchantment does. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

132. Unsummon

• Unsummon can be used during combat in the steps after attackers or blockers are declared (see Rule 308 and Rule 309) to remove an attacker or blocker so that creature does not deal damage. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
• Unsummon can be used during combat after combat damage is assigned but before combat damage resolves. If this happens, the creature does not receive damage, but the damage it assigned will still become dealt. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• If this causes an opponent to go over 7 cards when it is not their turn they need not discard until the discard phase of their next turn. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Unsummoning a token creature removes it from the game. [bethmo 1994/10/01] See Rule 216.3.

133. Updraft

134. Vodalian Soldiers

• Note - This card was creature type "Merfolk" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Merfolk Soldier".

135. Wall of Air

• Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

136. Wind Spirit

• Note - This card was creature type "Spirit" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elemental Spirit".

137. Zephyr Falcon

• Note - The creature type was Falcon and is now Bird. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
• Note - Also see Vigilance, Rule 502.14.

138. Zur's Weirding

• This is continuous replacement effect that modifies a draw. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• If a spell or ability causes more than one card to be drawn, draw the cards one at a time and deal with this replacement before drawing the next card. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28]
• If someone pays the cost, then the card was never drawn or discarded. It just gets put into the graveyard directly from the library. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28] Gaea's Blessing can trigger from this. [D'Angelo 2000/07/24]

139. An-Havva Constable

• Note - This card was creature type "Constable" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human".

140. Aspect of Wolf

• The bonus is recalculated every time the number of Forests you have in play changes. It is not a one-time bonus. [bethmo 1994/04/01] It is a continuous effect.
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

141. Aurochs

• The bonus is not applied until after you check for attack legality, so it is a 2/3 creature when declaring attackers. [DeLaney 2000/03/02]
• Yes, this is supposed to be of creature type Aurochs and it is supposed to get the bonus for other creatures of its type. [Barclay 2001/06/22]
• Other creatures of type Aurochs are: Aurochs Herd, Bull Aurochs, and Rimhorn Aurochs. [D'Angelo 2006/08/01]
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

142. Birds of Paradise

• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type Mana Birds.

143. Carapace

• When you use the activated ability, this card goes to the graveyard when you announce the ability, but the enchanted creature does not get regenerated until the ability resolves. It has no bonus while the ability is on the stack and this may destroy the creature before the regeneration can take effect. [D'Angelo 2003/05/20]
• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

144. Cat Warriors

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.

145. Chub Toad

• Note - This card was of creature type "Toad" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Frog".

146. Cockatrice

• Protection from Green does not prevent the Cockatrice's power because the ability is not a targeted effect. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
• The ability destroys the creature at the end of the combat, which is after all first strike and normal damage dealing is done. This means that a creature may have to regenerate twice to survive the combat, once from damage and once again at end of combat. [D'Angelo 1996/12/09]

147. Craw Giant

• Note - Also see Rampage, Rule 502.12.
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

148. Craw Wurm

149. Crumble

• If the target artifact becomes illegal before resolution, the player does not gain any life. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.

150. Desert Twister

151. Durkwood Boars

152. Elder Druid

• The decision of whether to tap or untap is made on resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• The type of target gives free range of lands, creatures, and artifacts. You do not lock in on one type as a casting decision. [D'Angelo 1995/10/04]
• Note - This card was creature type "Cleric" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elf Cleric Druid".

153. Elven Riders

• It cannnot be blocked by a creature with Reach. [Future Sight FAQ 2007/05/01]
• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type Riders.

154. Elvish Archers

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - This card was creature type "Elf" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elf Archer".
• Note - The Alpha printing version of this card was a 1/2 creature.

155. Fog

1