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Historical Rules · 16 January 2026

Rule 404.1

Official source text from the 16 January 2026 Rules release

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A player’s graveyard is their discard pile. Any object that’s countered, discarded, destroyed, or sacrificed is put on top of its owner’s graveyard, as is any instant or sorcery spell that’s finished resolving. Each player’s graveyard starts out empty.

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