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Rule 608.2a
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 0 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release608.2aDetails
If a triggered ability has an intervening "if" clause, it checks whether the clause's condition is true. If it isn't, the ability is removed from the stack and does nothing. Otherwise, it continues to resolve. See rule 603.4.