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Historical Rules · 18 June 2010

Rule 120.1b

Official source text from the 18 June 2010 Rules release

The number of loyalty counters on a planeswalker on the battlefield indicates how much loyalty it has. A planeswalker with 0 loyalty is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action. See rule 704.

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