Rule evolution
Rule 608.2j
Previously numbered 608.2h, 608.2i.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 0 wording revisions · 2 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release608.2hDetails
If an effect refers to certain characteristics, it checks only for the value of the specified characteristics, regardless of any related ones an object may also have. Example: An effect that reads "Destroy all black creatures" destroys a white-and-black creature, but one that reads "Destroy all nonblack creatures" doesn't.
Renumbered
608.2h→ 608.2iDetailsPreviously
6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
608. Resolving Spells and AbilitiesThen
6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
608. Resolving Spells and AbilitiesIf an effect refers to certain characteristics, it checks only for the value of the specified characteristics, regardless of any related ones an object may also have. Example: An effect that reads “Destroy all black creatures” destroys a white-and-black creature, but one that reads “Destroy all nonblack creatures” doesn’t.
Renumbered
608.2i→ 608.2jDetailsPreviously
6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
608. Resolving Spells and AbilitiesThen
6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
608. Resolving Spells and AbilitiesIf an effect refers to certain characteristics, it checks only for the value of the specified characteristics, regardless of any related ones an object may also have. Example: An effect that reads “Destroy all black creatures” destroys a white-and-black creature, but one that reads “Destroy all nonblack creatures” doesn’t.