Rule evolution

Rule 703.4h

Previously numbered 703.4f, 703.4g.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2018-04-27 · 0 wording revisions · 2 renumberings

  1. Added703.4fDetails
    Immediately after the beginning of combat step begins, if the game being played is a multiplayer game in which the active player’s opponents don’t all automatically become defending players, the active player chooses one of their opponents. That player becomes the defending player. See rule 507.1.
  2. Renumbered703.4f → 703.4gDetails

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    703. Turn-Based Actions

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    703. Turn-Based Actions

    Immediately after the beginning of combat step begins, if the game being played is a multiplayer game in which the active player’s opponents don’t all automatically become defending players, the active player chooses one of their opponents. That player becomes the defending player. See rule 507.1.
  3. Renumbered703.4g → 703.4hDetails

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    703. Turn-Based Actions

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    703. Turn-Based Actions

    Immediately after the beginning of combat step begins, if the game being played is a multiplayer game in which the active player’s opponents don’t all automatically become defending players, the active player chooses one of their opponents. That player becomes the defending player. See rule 507.1.

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