Rule evolution

Rule 116.2a

Previously numbered 114.2a, 115.2a.

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

  1. Earliest archived Rules release114.2aDetails
    Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield from the zone it was in (usually that player's hand). A player can take this action any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if he or she hasn't yet played a land that turn. See rule 305, "Lands."
  2. Renumbered114.2a → 115.2aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    114. Special Actions

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    115. Special Actions

    Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield from the zone it was in (usually that player's hand). A player can take this action any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if he or she hasn't yet played a land that turn. See rule 305, "Lands."
  3. Wording changed115.2aDetails
    Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield from the zone it was in (usually that player's hand). By default, a player can take this action only once during each of his or her turns. A player can take this action any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if he or she hasn't yet played a land that turn. See rule 305, "Lands."
  4. Wording changed115.2aDetails
    Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield from the zone it was in (usually that player's hand). By default, a player can take this action only once during each of histheir or her turns. A player can take this action any time hethey orhave she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of histheir or her turn. See rule 305, "Lands."
  5. Renumbered115.2a → 116.2aDetails

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    115. Special Actions

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    116. Special Actions

    Playing a land is a special action. To play a land, a player puts that land onto the battlefield from the zone it was in (usually that player’s hand). By default, a player can take this action only once during each of their turns. A player can take this action any time they have priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of their turn. See rule 305, “Lands.”

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