Rule evolution

Rule 506.4

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 8 wording revisions · 0 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.11) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  2. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.11) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  3. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.1112) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  4. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.1213) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  5. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.1314) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  6. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.1415) or stops being a creature. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  7. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, if it's a battle that's being attacked and stops being a battle, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.15), or stops being a creature, or becomes a battle. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker or battle that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  8. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, if it's a battle that's being attacked and stops being a battle, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.1519), stops being a creature, or becomes a battle. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker or battle that's removed from combat stops being attacked.
  9. Wording changed506.4Details
    A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller or protector changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it's a planeswalker that's being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, if it's a battle that's being attacked and stops being a battle, or if it's an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.19), stops being a creature, or becomes a battle. A creature that's removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker or battle that's removed from combat stops being attacked.

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