Rule evolution
Rule 506.4d
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release506.4dDetails
A permanent that's both a blocking creature and a planeswalker that's being attacked is partially removed from combat if it stops being either a creature or a planeswalker (but not both). It's not removed from the portion of combat that's relevant to the card type it still is.
Wording changed506.4dDetails
A permanent that's both a blocking creature and a planeswalker that's being attacked is
partiallyremoved from combat only if it stops beingeitherboth a creatureorand a planeswalker(but not both).It's not removed from the portion of combat that's relevant to the card type it still is.If it stops being one of those card types but continues to be the other, it continues to be either a blocking creature or a planeswalker that's being attacked, whichever is appropriate.Wording changed506.4dDetails
A permanent that's both a blocking creature and a planeswalker that's being attacked is removed from combat
onlyif it stops being both a creature and a planeswalker. If it stops being one of those card types but continues to be the other, it continues to be either a blocking creature or a planeswalker that's being attacked, whichever is appropriate.