Rule evolution

Rule 119.4a

Previously numbered 117.4a, 118.4a.

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

  1. Earliest archived Rules release117.4aDetails
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0 in a Two-Headed Giant game, the player may do so only if his or her team's life total is greater than or equal to the total amount of life both team members are paying for that cost or effect. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or her team's life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  2. Renumbered117.4a → 118.4aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    117. Life

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    118. Life

    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0 in a Two-Headed Giant game, the player may do so only if his or her team's life total is greater than or equal to the total amount of life both team members are paying for that cost or effect. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or her team's life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  3. Wording changed118.4aDetails
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0 in a Two-Headed Giant game, the player may do so only if histheir or her team's life total is greater than or equal to the total amount of life both team members are paying for that cost or effect. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from histheir or her team's life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  4. Renumbered118.4a → 119.4aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    118. Life

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    119. Life

    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0 in a Two-Headed Giant game, the player may do so only if their team’s life total is greater than or equal to the total amount of life both team members are paying for that cost or effect. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from their team’s life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  5. Wording changed119.4aDetails
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0 in a Two-Headed Giant game, the player may do so only if their team's life total is greater than or equal to the total amount of life both team members are paying for that cost or effect. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from their team's life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)

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