Rule evolution

Rule 902.5b

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 0 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release902.5bDetails
    A player's maximum hand size is seven, as modified by the hand modifier of his or her vanguard card. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is -1. That player's maximum hand size is six. If that player has more than six cards in his or her hand as the cleanup step begins, he or she will discard all but six of them.
  2. Wording changed902.5bDetails
    A player's maximum hand size is seven, as modified by the hand modifier of histheir or her vanguard card. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is -1. That player's maximum hand size is six. If that player has more than six cards in histheir or her hand as the cleanup step begins, hethey or she will discard all but six of them.
  3. Wording changed902.5bDetails
    A player's maximum hand size is seven, as modified by the hand modifier of their vanguard card. Example: The hand modifier of a player's vanguard card is -1. That player's maximum hand size is six. If that player has more than six cards in their hand as thetheir cleanup step begins, they will discard all but six of them.

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Unchanged since 2026-08-07.