Rule evolution
Rule 705.2
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release705.2Details
To flip a coin for an object that cares whether the coin comes up heads or tails, each affected player flips a coin without making a call. No player wins or loses this kind of flip.
Wording changed705.2Details
ToIfflipan effect instructs acoinplayerfortoanflipobjecta coin and that effect cares only whether the coin comes up heads or tails,eachwithoutaffectedspecifying a winner or loser of the flip, that player flips a coin without making a call. No player wins or loses this kind of flip.Wording changed705.2Details
If an effect instructs a player to flip a coin and that effect cares only whether the coin comes up heads or tails without specifying a winner or loser of the flip, that player flips a coin without making a call.Some effects that instruct a player to flip a coin care only about whether the coin comes up heads or tails. No player wins or loses a coin flip for this kind offlipeffect. For all other effects that instruct a player to flip a coin, the player that flips the coin calls "heads" or "tails." If the call matches the result, the player wins the flip. Otherwise, the player loses the flip. Only the player who flips the coin wins or loses the flip; no other players are involved.