Rule evolution

Rule 103.5b

Previously numbered 103.4a, 103.4b.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 2 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release103.4aDetails
    If an effect allows a player to perform an action "any time [that player] could mulligan," the player may perform that action at a time he or she would declare whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. This need not be in the first round of mulligans. Other players may have already made their mulligan declarations by the time the player has the option to perform this action. If the player performs the action, he or she then declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan.
  2. Renumbered103.4a → 103.4bDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    103. Starting the Game

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    103. Starting the Game

    If an effect allows a player to perform an action "any time [that player] could mulligan," the player may perform that action at a time he or she would declare whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. This need not be in the first round of mulligans. Other players may have already made their mulligan declarations by the time the player has the option to perform this action. If the player performs the action, he or she then declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan.
  3. Wording changed103.4bDetails
    If an effect allows a player to perform an action "any time [that player] could mulligan," the player may perform that action at a time hethey or she would declare whether orthey not he or she will take a mulligan. This need not be in the first round of mulligans. Other players may have already made their mulligan declarations by the time the player has the option to perform this action. If the player performs the action, hethey or she then declaresdeclare whether orthey not he or she will take a mulligan.
  4. Renumbered103.4b → 103.5bDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    103. Starting the Game

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    103. Starting the Game

    If an effect allows a player to perform an action “any time [that player] could mulligan,” the player may perform that action at a time they would declare whether they will take a mulligan. This need not be in the first round of mulligans. Other players may have already made their mulligan declarations by the time the player has the option to perform this action. If the player performs the action, they then declare whether they will take a mulligan.

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