Rule evolution

Rule 111.8

Previously numbered 110.5f, 110.5g.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 1 wording revision · 2 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release110.5fDetails
    A token that has left the battlefield can't come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would return to the battlefield, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.
  2. Renumbered110.5f → 110.5gDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    110. Permanents

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    110. Permanents

    A token that has left the battlefield can't come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would return to the battlefield, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.
  3. Wording changed110.5gDetails
    A token that has left the battlefield can't move to another zone or come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would returnchange to the battlefieldzones, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.
  4. Renumbered110.5g → 111.8Details

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    110. Permanents

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    111. Tokens

    A token that has left the battlefield can’t move to another zone or come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would change zones, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.

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