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Historical Rules · 25 September 2014

Rule 710.5

Official source text from the 25 September 2014 Rules release

If the number of level counters on a leveler creature is less than N1 (the first number printed in its {LEVEL N1-N2} symbol), it has the power and toughness denoted by its uppermost power/toughness box.

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