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Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules Changes

Shards of Alara to Conflux (Single Change View)

General changes

Old rule (Shards of Alara) New rule (Conflux)

Typecycling

"Typecycling" is a generic term; a card's rules text usually names a specific subtype, such as "plainscycling." Typecycling is an activated ability. "Plainscycling [cost]" means "[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library." See rule 502.18, "Cycling."

Typecycling

Typecycling is a variant of the cycling ability. "[Type]cycling [cost]" means "[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a [type] card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library." This type is usually a subtype (as in "mountaincycling") but can be any card type, subtype, supertype, or combination thereof (as in "basic landcycling"). See rule 502.18, "Cycling."