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Rule 902.5a

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 4 wording revisions · 0 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release902.5aDetails
    If a player takes a mulligan in a Vanguard game, just like in a normal game, that player shuffles his or her hand back into his or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than he or she had before. (In a multiplayer game, a player's first mulligan is for the same number of cards as he or she had before.) Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is +2. That player starts the game with a hand of 9 cards. If the player takes a mulligan, he or she draws a new hand of 8 cards. The next mulligan is for 7 cards, and so on.
  2. Wording changed902.5aDetails
    If a player takes a mulligan in a Vanguard game, just like in a normal game, that player shuffles his or her hand back into his or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than he or she had before. (In a multiplayer game, a player's first mulligan is for the same number of cards as he or she had before.) See rule 103.4. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is +2. That player starts the game with a hand of 9 cards. If the player takes a mulligan, he or she draws a new hand of 8 cards. The next mulligan is for 7 cards, and so on.
  3. Wording changed902.5aDetails
    If a player takes a mulligan in a Vanguard game, just like in a normal game, that player shuffles histheir or her hand back into histheir or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than hethey or she had before. (In a multiplayer game, a player's first mulligan is for the same number of cards as hethey or she had before.) See rule 103.4. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is +2. That player starts the game with a hand of 9 cards. If the player takes a mulligan, hethey ordraw she draws a new hand of 8 cards. The next mulligan is for 7 cards, and so on.
  4. Wording changed902.5aDetails
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  5. Wording changed902.5aDetails
    If a player takes a mulligan in a Vanguard game, just like in a normal game, that player shuffles their hand back into their library, then draws a new hand equal to their starting hand size. (In a multiplayer game, a player's first mulligan is for the same number of cards as they had before.) See rule 103.45. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is +2. That player starts the game with a hand of 9 cards. If the player takes a mulligan three times before keeping, they draw a new hand of nine cards and put three of those on the bottom of their library.

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