Rule evolution

Rule 607.2g

Previously numbered 607.2e, 607.2f.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2010-04-23 · 1 wording revision · 2 renumberings

  1. Added607.2eDetails
    If an object has an ability printed on it that causes a player to pay a cost as it enters the battlefield and an ability printed on it that refers to the cost paid "as [this object] entered the battlefield," these abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to a cost paid as a result of the first ability.
  2. Renumbered607.2e → 607.2fDetails

    Previously
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    Then
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    If an object has an ability printed on it that causes a player to pay a cost as it enters the battlefield and an ability printed on it that refers to the cost paid "as [this object] entered the battlefield," these abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to a cost paid as a result of the first ability.
  3. Renumbered607.2f → 607.2gDetails

    Previously
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    Then
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    If an object has an ability printed on it that causes a player to pay a cost as it enters the battlefield and an ability printed on it that refers to the cost paid “as [this object] entered the battlefield,” these abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to a cost paid as a result of the first ability.
  4. Wording changed607.2gDetails
    If an object has an ability printed on it that causes a player to pay a cost as it enters the battlefield and an ability printed on it that refers to the cost paid "as [this object] entered the battlefield," these abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to a cost paid as a result of the first ability.

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