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Rule 702.84a

Previously numbered 702.81a, 702.82a, 702.83a.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 3 renumberings

Open current rule 702.84a

Earliest archived Rules release702.81a2009-10-01Details
Unearth is an activated ability that functions while the card is in a graveyard. "Unearth [cost]" means "[Cost]: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
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Wording changed702.81a2010-02-01Details
Unearth is an activated ability that functions while the card with unearth is in a graveyard. "Unearth [cost]" means "[Cost]: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
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Renumbered~~702.81a~~ → 702.82a2011-06-17Details
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7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Then
7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Unearth is an activated ability that functions while the card with unearth is in a graveyard. "Unearth [cost]" means "[Cost]: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
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Renumbered~~702.82a~~ → 702.83a2013-07-13Details
Previously
7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Then
7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Unearth is an activated ability that functions while the card with unearth is in a graveyard. "Unearth [cost]" means "[Cost]: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
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Wording changed & Renumbered~~702.83a~~ → 702.84a2021-04-22Details
Previously
7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Then
7. Additional Rules
702. Keyword Abilities
Unearth is an activated ability that functions while the card with unearth is in a graveyard. "Unearth [cost]" means "[Cost]: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. ~~Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."~~Activate only as a sorcery."
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