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Rule 801.7a
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 4 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release801.7aDetails
If a trigger event includes an object moving out of or into a player's range of influence, use the game state before or after the event as appropriate to determine whether the triggered ability will trigger. See rule 603.6. Example: Carissa and Alex are outside each other's range of influence. Carissa controls a creature owned by Alex and they each control a Soul Net, an artifact which reads, "Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life." The creature is destroyed and is put into Alex's graveyard. Alex's Soul Net doesn't trigger because the destruction event was outside Alex's range of influence. Carissa's Soul Net does trigger, even though the creature is going to a graveyard outside her range, because the destruction event was within her range.
Wording changed801.7aDetails
If a trigger event includes an object moving out of or into a player's range of influence, use the game state before or after the event as appropriate to determine whether the triggered ability will trigger. See rule 603.6. Example: Carissa and Alex are outside each other's range of influence. Carissa controls a
creatureRuneclaw Bear owned by Alex and they each controlaanSoulExtractorNetDemon,anaartifactcreature which reads, in part, "Wheneveraanother creatureisleavesputtheintobattlefield,ayougraveyardmayfromhave target player put thebattlefield,topyoutwomaycardspayof{1}his or her library into his or her graveyard."If you do, you gain 1 life."ThecreatureRuneclaw Bear is destroyed and is put into Alex's graveyard. The ability of Alex'sSoulExtractorNetDemon doesn't trigger because thedestructionleaves-the-battlefield event was outside Alex's range of influence. The ability of Carissa'sSoulExtractorNetDemon does trigger, even though the creature is going to a graveyard outside her range, because thedestructionleaves-the-battlefield event was within her range.Wording changed801.7aDetails
If a trigger event includes an object moving out of or into a player's range of influence, use the game state before or after the event as appropriate to determine whether the triggered ability will trigger.
See rule 603.6.See rules 603.6 and 603.10. Example: Carissa and Alex are outside each other's range of influence. Carissa controls a Runeclaw Bear owned by Alex and they each control an Extractor Demon, a creature which reads, in part, "Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player put the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard." The Runeclaw Bear is destroyed and is put into Alex's graveyard. The ability of Alex's Extractor Demon doesn't trigger because the leaves-the-battlefield event was outside Alex's range of influence. The ability of Carissa's Extractor Demon does trigger, even though the creature is going to a graveyard outside her range, because the leaves-the-battlefield event was within her range.Wording changed801.7aDetails
If a trigger event includes an object moving out of or into a player's range of influence, use the game state before or after the event as appropriate to determine whether the triggered ability will trigger. See rules 603.6 and 603.10. Example: Carissa and Alex are outside each other's range of influence. Carissa controls a Runeclaw Bear owned by Alex and they each control an Extractor Demon, a creature which reads, in part, "Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player put the top two cards of
histheiror herlibrary intohistheiror hergraveyard." The Runeclaw Bear is destroyed and is put into Alex's graveyard. The ability of Alex's Extractor Demon doesn't trigger because the leaves-the-battlefield event was outside Alex's range of influence. The ability of Carissa's Extractor Demon does trigger, even though the creature is going to a graveyard outside her range, because the leaves-the-battlefield event was within her range.Wording changed801.7aDetails
If a trigger event includes an object moving out of or into a player's range of influence, use the game state before or after the event as appropriate to determine whether the triggered ability will trigger. See rules 603.6 and 603.10. Example: Carissa and Alex are outside each other's range of influence. Carissa controls a Runeclaw Bear owned by Alex and they each control an Extractor Demon, a creature which reads, in part, "Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player
putmillthe toptwo cardsof their library into their graveyard." The Runeclaw Bear is destroyed and is put into Alex's graveyard. The ability of Alex's Extractor Demon doesn't trigger because the leaves-the-battlefield event was outside Alex's range of influence. The ability of Carissa's Extractor Demon does trigger, even though the creature is going to a graveyard outside her range, because the leaves-the-battlefield event was within her range.