Rule evolution
Rule 115.10a
Previously numbered 113.9a, 114.9a, 114.10a.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 3 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release113.9aDetails
Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn't make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word "target" in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it is not a target.
Wording changed113.9aDetails
Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn't make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word "target" in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it's
isnot a target.Renumbered
113.9a→ 114.9aDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
113. TargetsThen
1. Game Concepts
114. TargetsJust because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn't make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word "target" in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it's not a target.
Renumbered
114.9a→ 114.10aDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
114. TargetsThen
1. Game Concepts
114. TargetsJust because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn’t make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word “target” in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it’s not a target.
Renumbered
114.10a→ 115.10aDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
114. TargetsThen
1. Game Concepts
115. TargetsJust because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn’t make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word “target” in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it’s not a target.