Rule evolution

Rule 702.15c

Previously numbered 702.13b, 702.13c, 702.14c.

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

  1. Earliest archived Rules release702.13bDetails
    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 lifelink.
  2. Renumbered702.13b → 702.13cDetails

    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 lifelink.
  3. Renumbered702.13c → 702.14cDetails

    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 lifelink.
  4. Renumbered702.14c → 702.15cDetails

    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 lifelink.
  5. Wording changed702.15cDetails
    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 lifelink.
  6. Wording changed702.15cDetails
    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 lifelink.

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