Rule evolution

Rule 802.4

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

  1. Earliest archived Rules release802.4Details
    If more than one player is being attacked or controls a planeswalker that's being attacked, each defending player in APNAP order declares blockers as the declare blockers step begins. (See rule 101.4 and rule 509, "Declare Blockers Step.") The first defending player declares all his or her blocks, then the second defending player, and so on.
  2. Wording changed802.4Details
    If more than one player is being attacked or controls a planeswalker that's being attacked, each defending player in APNAP order declares blockers as the declare blockers step begins. (See rule 101.4 and rule 509, "Declare Blockers Step.") The first defending player declares all histheir or her blocks, then the second defending player, and so on.
  3. Wording changed802.4Details
    If more than one player is being attacked, or controls a planeswalker that's being attacked, or protects a battle that's being attacked, each defending player in APNAP order declares blockers as the declare blockers step begins. (See rule 101.4 and rule 509, "Declare Blockers Step.") The first defending player declares all their blocks, then the second defending player, and so on.

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