Rule evolution

Rule 113.3a

Previously numbered 112.3a.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 1 renumbering

  1. Earliest archived Rules release112.3aDetails
    Spell abilities are abilities that are followed as instructions while an instant or sorcery spell is resolving. Any text on an instant or sorcery spell is a spell ability unless it's an activated ability, a triggered ability, or a static ability that fits the criteria described in rules 112.5a-j.
  2. Wording changed112.3aDetails
    Spell abilities are abilities that are followed as instructions while an instant or sorcery spell is resolving. Any text on an instant or sorcery spell is a spell ability unless it's an activated ability, a triggered ability, or a static ability that fits the criteria described in rulesrule 112.5a-j6.
  3. Wording changed & Renumbered112.3a → 113.3aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    112. Abilities

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    113. Abilities

    Spell abilities are abilities that are followed as instructions while an instant or sorcery spell is resolving. Any text on an instant or sorcery spell is a spell ability unless it's an activated ability, a triggered ability, or a static ability that fits the criteria described in rule 112113.6.

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