Rule evolution

Rule 712.12

Previously numbered 711.8, 712.8.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2020-11-20 · 1 wording revision · 2 renumberings

  1. Added711.8Details
    A player playing a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that’s a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, “Lands.”
  2. Renumbered711.8 → 712.8Details

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    711. Double-Faced Cards

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    712. Double-Faced Cards

    A player playing a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that’s a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, “Lands.”
  3. Renumbered712.8 → 712.12Details

    Previously
    7. Additional Rules
    712. Double-Faced Cards

    Then
    7. Additional Rules
    712. Double-Faced Cards

    A player playing a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that’s a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, “Lands.”
  4. Wording changed712.12Details
    A player playing a modal double-faced card or a copy of a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that's a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, "Lands."

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