Rule evolution

Rule 607.2p

Previously numbered 607.2n.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2020-11-20 · 0 wording revisions · 1 renumbering

  1. Added607.2nDetails
    If an object has both a static ability that causes a player to make a choice for a characteristic-defining ability before the game begins and that characteristic-defining ability printed on it in the same paragraph, those abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to the choice made as a result of the first ability and continues to refer to that choice as the object changes zones during the game.
  2. Renumbered607.2n → 607.2pDetails

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

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

    If an object has both a static ability that causes a player to make a choice for a characteristic-defining ability before the game begins and that characteristic-defining ability printed on it in the same paragraph, those abilities are linked. The second ability refers only to the choice made as a result of the first ability and continues to refer to that choice as the object changes zones during the game.

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