Rule evolution
Rule 810.9b
Previously numbered 806.9b, 806.10b.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 2 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release806.9bDetails
If an effect would set the life total of each player on a team to a number, the result is the sum of all the numbers. Example: In a Two-Headed Giant game, a player casts Biorhythm, which reads, "Each player's life total becomes the number of creatures he or she controls." If one member of a team that has 25 life controls three creatures and the other member controls four creatures, that team's life total becomes 7. The first player is considered to have lost 10 life (13 - 3), and the second player is considered to have lost 9 life (13 - 4), even though the team didn't lose a total of 19 life.
Renumbered
806.9b→ 806.10bDetailsPreviously
8. Multiplayer Rules
806. Two-Headed Giant VariantThen
8. Multiplayer Rules
806. Two-Headed Giant VariantIf an effect would set the life total of each player on a team to a number, the result is the sum of all the numbers. Example: In a Two-Headed Giant game, a player casts Biorhythm, which reads, "Each player's life total becomes the number of creatures he or she controls." If one member of a team that has 25 life controls three creatures and the other member controls four creatures, that team's life total becomes 7. The first player is considered to have lost 10 life (13 - 3), and the second player is considered to have lost 9 life (13 - 4), even though the team didn't lose a total of 19 life.
Wording changed806.10bDetails
If an effect would set the life total of each player on a team to a number, the result is the sum of all the numbers.If a cost or effect allows both members of a team to pay life simultaneously, the total amount of life they pay may not exceed their team's life total.Example: In a Two-Headed Giant game, a player casts Biorhythm, which reads, "Each player's life total becomes the number of creatures he or she controls."(Players can always pay 0 life.)If one member of a team that has 25 life controls three creatures and the other member controls four creatures, that team's life total becomes 7. The first player is considered to have lost 10 life (13 - 3), and the second player is considered to have lost 9 life (13 - 4), even though the team didn't lose a total of 19 life.Renumbered
806.10b→ 810.9bDetailsPreviously
8. Multiplayer Rules
806. Two-Headed Giant VariantThen
8. Multiplayer Rules
810. Two-Headed Giant VariantIf a cost or effect allows both members of a team to pay life simultaneously, the total amount of life they pay may not exceed their team's life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)