Rule evolution
Rule 110.5d
Previously numbered 110.6d.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 0 wording revisions · 1 renumbering
Earliest archived Rules release110.6dDetails
Only permanents have status. Cards not on the battlefield do not. Although an exiled card may be face down, this has no correlation to the face-down status of a permanent. Similarly, cards not on the battlefield are neither tapped nor untapped, regardless of their physical state.
Renumbered
110.6d→ 110.5dDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
110. PermanentsThen
1. Game Concepts
110. PermanentsOnly permanents have status. Cards not on the battlefield do not. Although an exiled card may be face down, this has no correlation to the face-down status of a permanent. Similarly, cards not on the battlefield are neither tapped nor untapped, regardless of their physical state.