Rule evolution

Rule 702.80b

Previously numbered 702.77b, 702.78b, 702.79b.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 2 wording revisions · 3 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release702.77bDetails
    If a permanent leaves the battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.
  2. Renumbered702.77b → 702.78bDetails

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    If a permanent leaves the battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.
  3. Renumbered702.78b → 702.79bDetails

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    If a permanent leaves the battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.
  4. Renumbered702.79b → 702.80bDetails

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    702. Keyword Abilities

    If a permanent leaves the battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.
  5. Wording changed702.80bDetails
    If aan permanentobject leaveschanges thezones battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.
  6. Wording changed702.80bDetails
    If an object changesis zonesno beforelonger in the zone it's expected to be in as an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had wither.

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