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Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules Changes

Core Set - Ninth Edition to Ravnica: City of Guilds (Single Change View)

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Old rule (Core Set - Ninth Edition) New rule (Ravnica: City of Guilds)

217.7d.

An object may have an ability that refers to "the removed cards" or to cards "removed from the game with [name]." If the ability is printed on that object, it refers only to cards in the removed-from-the-game zone removed by that object as an effect of an ability printed on it. If that ability is printed on a different object, it refers only to cards in the removed-from-the-game zone removed by that object as an effect of an ability copied from the same object at the same time.

Example: Arc-Slogger has the ability "{R}: Remove the top ten cards of your library from the game: Arc-Slogger deals 2 damage to target creature or player." Sisters of Stone Death has the ability "{B}{G}: Remove from the game target creature blocking or blocked by Sisters of Stone Death" and the ability "{2}{B}: Put a creature card removed from the game with Sisters of Stone Death into play under your control." Quicksilver Elemental has the ability "{U}: Quicksilver Elemental gains all activated abilities of target creature until end of turn." If a player has Quicksilver Elemental gain Arc-Slogger's ability, plays it, then has Quicksilver Elemental gain Sisters of Stone Death's abilities, plays the remove-from-game ability, and then plays the return-to-play ability, only the creature card Quicksilver Elemental removed from the game with Sisters of Stone Death's ability can be returned to play. Creature cards Quicksilver Elemental removed from the game with Arc-Slogger's ability can't be returned.