Rule evolution

Rule 800.4i

Previously numbered 800.4f, 800.4g, 800.4h.

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

  1. Earliest archived Rules release800.4fDetails
    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if he or she is still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before he or she left the game.
  2. Renumbered800.4f → 800.4gDetails

    Previously
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    Then
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if he or she is still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before he or she left the game.
  3. Renumbered800.4g → 800.4hDetails

    Previously
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    Then
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if he or she is still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before he or she left the game.
  4. Wording changed800.4hDetails
    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if hethey orare she is still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before hethey or she left the game.
  5. Wording changed800.4hDetails
    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if they are still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before they left the game. If an effect requires information from the game about actions players have taken, the effect can find actions that were taken by a player who has left the game.
  6. Renumbered800.4h → 800.4iDetails

    Previously
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    Then
    8. Multiplayer Rules
    800. General

    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if they are still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before they left the game. If an effect requires information from the game about actions players have taken, the effect can find actions that were taken by a player who has left the game.
  7. Wording changed800.4iDetails
    If an effect requires information about a specific player, the effect uses the current information about that player if they are still in the game; otherwise, the effect uses the last known information about that player before they left the game. If an effect requires information from the game about actions players have taken, the effect can find actions that were taken by a player who has left the game. If an effect requires information from the game about actions players have taken during their "last turn," it can find the actions that were taken by a player who has left the game only until that player's next turn after leaving the game would have begun.

Current in the latest available Rules
Unchanged since 2026-08-07.