mtg-db 2.0.0 → 2.1.0

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  1. checksums.yaml +4 -4
  2. data/data/sets/10e.json +2053 -390
  3. data/data/sets/2ed.json +2261 -305
  4. data/data/sets/3ed.json +2137 -309
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  12. data/data/sets/a25.json +2286 -251
  13. data/data/sets/aer.json +3637 -194
  14. data/data/sets/akh.json +3572 -303
  15. data/data/sets/ala.json +2483 -249
  16. data/data/sets/all.json +1185 -199
  17. data/data/sets/apc.json +603 -154
  18. data/data/sets/arb.json +1739 -146
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  20. data/data/sets/arn.json +642 -92
  21. data/data/sets/atq.json +727 -100
  22. data/data/sets/avr.json +1849 -244
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  24. data/data/sets/bfz.json +4401 -300
  25. data/data/sets/bng.json +2719 -165
  26. data/data/sets/bok.json +1027 -166
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  28. data/data/sets/btd.json +414 -90
  29. data/data/sets/c13.json +3069 -359
  30. data/data/sets/c14.json +2986 -338
  31. data/data/sets/c15.json +3462 -342
  32. data/data/sets/c16.json +3978 -357
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  34. data/data/sets/c18.json +4122 -310
  35. data/data/sets/chk.json +1396 -317
  36. data/data/sets/chr.json +864 -125
  37. data/data/sets/cm1.json +240 -18
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  39. data/data/sets/cma.json +2356 -320
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  41. data/data/sets/cn2.json +3021 -223
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  43. data/data/sets/con.json +1182 -146
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  45. data/data/sets/dd2.json +556 -62
  46. data/data/sets/dd3_dvd.json +390 -63
  47. data/data/sets/dd3_evg.json +271 -62
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  49. data/data/sets/dd3_jvc.json +556 -62
  50. data/data/sets/ddc.json +390 -63
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  66. data/data/sets/dds.json +579 -65
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  68. data/data/sets/ddu.json +521 -77
  69. data/data/sets/dgm.json +2945 -171
  70. data/data/sets/dis.json +1072 -194
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  72. data/data/sets/dom.json +2654 -282
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  131. data/data/sets/mps_rna.json +196 -8
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  186. data/data/sets/vis.json +1063 -167
  187. data/data/sets/w16.json +98 -16
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  189. data/data/sets/war.json +3430 -275
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  192. data/data/sets/xln.json +2689 -300
  193. data/data/sets/zen.json +2199 -271
  194. data/lib/mtg-db.rb +1 -1
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data/data/sets/con.json CHANGED
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+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
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+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
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+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
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+ "text": "Aven Trailblazer’s second ability is a “characteristic-defining ability.” It applies at all times in all zones."
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+ "text": "Unlike the normal cycling ability, basic landcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a basic land card. You don’t choose the type of basic land card you’ll find until you’re performing the search. After you choose a basic land card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library."
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+ "text": "Here’s the detailed version of what happens. As the token is created, it checks the printed values of the Mirror-Sigil Sergeant it’s copying — or, if the Mirror-Sigil Sergeant whose ability triggered was itself a token, the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield — as well as any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on the Mirror-Sigil Sergeant, nor will it copy other effects that have changed Mirror-Sigil Sergeant’s power, toughness, types, color, or so on."
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396
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510
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511
+ "rulings": [
512
+ {
513
+ "date": "3/14/2017",
514
+ "text": "If the targeted creature becomes an illegal target by the time Path to Exile would resolve, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. The creature’s controller won’t search for a basic land card."
515
+ },
516
+ {
517
+ "date": "3/14/2017",
518
+ "text": "The controller of the exiled creature isn’t required to search their library for a basic land. If that player doesn’t, the player won’t shuffle their library."
519
+ }
520
+ ]
397
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  },
398
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  {
399
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420
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422
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547
+ "color_indicator": null,
548
+ "rulings": [
549
+ {
550
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
551
+ "text": "The “intervening ‘if’ clause” means that (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves."
552
+ }
553
+ ]
424
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  },
425
555
  {
426
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  "name": "Scepter of Dominance",
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445
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446
576
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447
- "color_indicator": null
577
+ "color_indicator": null,
578
+ "rulings": []
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  },
449
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  {
450
581
  "name": "Sigil of the Empty Throne",
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469
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  "multiverse_id": 180271,
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601
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471
- "color_indicator": null
602
+ "color_indicator": null,
603
+ "rulings": [
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+ {
605
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
606
+ "text": "The triggered ability will resolve before the enchantment spell that caused it to trigger."
607
+ },
608
+ {
609
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
610
+ "text": "When you cast an Aura spell, you have to choose a target for it before this ability puts an Angel token onto the battlefield. In other words, you can’t play an Aura spell intending to enchant the Angel that will be created as a result."
611
+ },
612
+ {
613
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
614
+ "text": "Casting Sigil of the Empty Throne won’t trigger its own ability. It has to be on the battlefield for its ability to work."
615
+ }
616
+ ]
472
617
  },
473
618
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474
619
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638
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639
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640
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
641
+ "color_indicator": null,
642
+ "rulings": []
497
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  },
498
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  {
499
645
  "name": "Wall of Reverence",
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521
667
  "loyalty": null,
522
668
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523
669
  "other_part": null,
524
- "color_indicator": null
670
+ "color_indicator": null,
671
+ "rulings": [
672
+ {
673
+ "date": "12/7/2018",
674
+ "text": "If an effect changes a creature’s power “until end of turn,” it will still have the modified power during your end step."
675
+ }
676
+ ]
525
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  },
526
678
  {
527
679
  "name": "Brackwater Elemental",
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548
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  "loyalty": null,
549
701
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
703
+ "color_indicator": null,
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+ "rulings": []
552
705
  },
553
706
  {
554
707
  "name": "Constricting Tendrils",
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573
726
  "loyalty": null,
574
727
  "multiverse_id": 180272,
575
728
  "other_part": null,
576
- "color_indicator": null
729
+ "color_indicator": null,
730
+ "rulings": [
731
+ {
732
+ "date": "10/1/2008",
733
+ "text": "Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
734
+ }
735
+ ]
577
736
  },
578
737
  {
579
738
  "name": "Controlled Instincts",
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759
  "loyalty": null,
601
760
  "multiverse_id": 183053,
602
761
  "other_part": null,
603
- "color_indicator": null
762
+ "color_indicator": null,
763
+ "rulings": [
764
+ {
765
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
766
+ "text": "Controlled Instincts may target and may enchant an untapped creature."
767
+ },
768
+ {
769
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
770
+ "text": "Controlled Instincts can enchant only a creature that’s red or green. If at any time the enchanted creature is neither red nor green, Controlled Instincts is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action."
771
+ }
772
+ ]
604
773
  },
605
774
  {
606
775
  "name": "Cumber Stone",
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624
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  "loyalty": null,
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794
  "multiverse_id": 180322,
626
795
  "other_part": null,
627
- "color_indicator": null
796
+ "color_indicator": null,
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+ "rulings": []
628
798
  },
629
799
  {
630
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  "name": "Esperzoa",
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822
  "loyalty": null,
653
823
  "multiverse_id": 180158,
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824
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
825
+ "color_indicator": null,
826
+ "rulings": [
827
+ {
828
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
829
+ "text": "When Esperzoa’s ability resolves, if you control no other artifacts, you’ll have to return Esperzoa itself."
830
+ }
831
+ ]
656
832
  },
657
833
  {
658
834
  "name": "Ethersworn Adjudicator",
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  "loyalty": null,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
861
+ "color_indicator": null,
862
+ "rulings": []
686
863
  },
687
864
  {
688
865
  "name": "Faerie Mechanist",
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  "loyalty": null,
712
889
  "multiverse_id": 182608,
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  "other_part": null,
714
- "color_indicator": null
891
+ "color_indicator": null,
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+ "rulings": []
715
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  },
716
894
  {
717
895
  "name": "Frontline Sage",
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739
917
  "loyalty": null,
740
918
  "multiverse_id": 184993,
741
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
920
+ "color_indicator": null,
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+ "rulings": []
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  },
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923
  {
745
924
  "name": "Grixis Illusionist",
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945
  "loyalty": null,
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946
  "multiverse_id": 177927,
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947
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
948
+ "color_indicator": null,
949
+ "rulings": [
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+ {
951
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
952
+ "text": "You choose a basic land type as the ability resolves."
953
+ },
954
+ {
955
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
956
+ "text": "The affected land loses its existing land types and any abilities printed on it. It becomes the chosen basic land type and now has the ability to tap to add one mana of the appropriate color to your mana pool. Grixis Illusionist’s ability doesn’t change the affected land’s name or whether it’s legendary or basic."
957
+ }
958
+ ]
770
959
  },
771
960
  {
772
961
  "name": "Inkwell Leviathan",
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984
  "loyalty": null,
796
985
  "multiverse_id": 154081,
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986
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
987
+ "color_indicator": null,
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+ "rulings": []
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  },
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990
  {
801
991
  "name": "Master Transmuter",
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823
1013
  "loyalty": null,
824
1014
  "multiverse_id": 179252,
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1015
  "other_part": null,
826
- "color_indicator": null
1016
+ "color_indicator": null,
1017
+ "rulings": [
1018
+ {
1019
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1020
+ "text": "Returning an artifact you control to its owner’s hand is part of the cost of Master Transmuter’s activated ability. Paying a cost can’t be responded to (with Naturalize, for example)."
1021
+ },
1022
+ {
1023
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1024
+ "text": "Since Master Transmuter is an artifact, you may return Master Transmuter itself to your hand. If you do, the rest of the ability will still work normally."
1025
+ },
1026
+ {
1027
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1028
+ "text": "The artifact card you put onto the battlefield when the ability resolves may be the same card that you returned to your hand when you paid the cost. If so, it returns to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence."
1029
+ }
1030
+ ]
827
1031
  },
828
1032
  {
829
1033
  "name": "Parasitic Strix",
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851
1055
  "loyalty": null,
852
1056
  "multiverse_id": 175021,
853
1057
  "other_part": null,
854
- "color_indicator": null
1058
+ "color_indicator": null,
1059
+ "rulings": [
1060
+ {
1061
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1062
+ "text": "The “intervening ‘if’ clause” means that (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves."
1063
+ }
1064
+ ]
855
1065
  },
856
1066
  {
857
1067
  "name": "Scepter of Insight",
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875
1085
  "loyalty": null,
876
1086
  "multiverse_id": 184989,
877
1087
  "other_part": null,
878
- "color_indicator": null
1088
+ "color_indicator": null,
1089
+ "rulings": []
879
1090
  },
880
1091
  {
881
1092
  "name": "Scornful Aether-Lich",
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903
1114
  "loyalty": null,
904
1115
  "multiverse_id": 186328,
905
1116
  "other_part": null,
906
- "color_indicator": null
1117
+ "color_indicator": null,
1118
+ "rulings": []
907
1119
  },
908
1120
  {
909
1121
  "name": "Telemin Performance",
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927
1139
  "loyalty": null,
928
1140
  "multiverse_id": 189085,
929
1141
  "other_part": null,
930
- "color_indicator": null
1142
+ "color_indicator": null,
1143
+ "rulings": [
1144
+ {
1145
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1146
+ "text": "If there are no creature cards in the targeted opponent’s library, that player will put their entire library into their graveyard."
1147
+ }
1148
+ ]
931
1149
  },
932
1150
  {
933
1151
  "name": "Traumatic Visions",
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952
1170
  "loyalty": null,
953
1171
  "multiverse_id": 179508,
954
1172
  "other_part": null,
955
- "color_indicator": null
1173
+ "color_indicator": null,
1174
+ "rulings": [
1175
+ {
1176
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1177
+ "text": "Unlike the normal cycling ability, basic landcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a basic land card. You don’t choose the type of basic land card you’ll find until you’re performing the search. After you choose a basic land card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library."
1178
+ },
1179
+ {
1180
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1181
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being basic landcycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a basic landcycling ability from being activated."
1182
+ },
1183
+ {
1184
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1185
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with basic landcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
1186
+ },
1187
+ {
1188
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1189
+ "text": "You can choose not to find a basic land card, even if there is one in your library."
1190
+ }
1191
+ ]
956
1192
  },
957
1193
  {
958
1194
  "name": "Unsummon",
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976
1212
  "loyalty": null,
977
1213
  "multiverse_id": 177932,
978
1214
  "other_part": null,
979
- "color_indicator": null
1215
+ "color_indicator": null,
1216
+ "rulings": []
980
1217
  },
981
1218
  {
982
1219
  "name": "View from Above",
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1000
1237
  "loyalty": null,
1001
1238
  "multiverse_id": 183058,
1002
1239
  "other_part": null,
1003
- "color_indicator": null
1240
+ "color_indicator": null,
1241
+ "rulings": [
1242
+ {
1243
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1244
+ "text": "This checks the colors of permanents you control as it resolves."
1245
+ },
1246
+ {
1247
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1248
+ "text": "If you control a white permanent, View from Above moves from the stack to your hand as part of its resolution. It never hits the graveyard. If you don’t control a white permanent, View from Above is put into the graveyard from the stack as normal."
1249
+ },
1250
+ {
1251
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1252
+ "text": "If View from Above doesn’t resolve for any reason (for example, if its target has become illegal), none of its effects happen. It will be put into your graveyard as normal."
1253
+ }
1254
+ ]
1004
1255
  },
1005
1256
  {
1006
1257
  "name": "Worldly Counsel",
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1024
1275
  "loyalty": null,
1025
1276
  "multiverse_id": 142298,
1026
1277
  "other_part": null,
1027
- "color_indicator": null
1278
+ "color_indicator": null,
1279
+ "rulings": [
1280
+ {
1281
+ "date": "10/4/2004",
1282
+ "text": "You choose the order on the bottom of your library."
1283
+ },
1284
+ {
1285
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1286
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
1287
+ },
1288
+ {
1289
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1290
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
1291
+ },
1292
+ {
1293
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1294
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
1295
+ }
1296
+ ]
1028
1297
  },
1029
1298
  {
1030
1299
  "name": "Absorb Vis",
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1049
1318
  "loyalty": null,
1050
1319
  "multiverse_id": 179513,
1051
1320
  "other_part": null,
1052
- "color_indicator": null
1321
+ "color_indicator": null,
1322
+ "rulings": [
1323
+ {
1324
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1325
+ "text": "Unlike the normal cycling ability, basic landcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a basic land card. You don’t choose the type of basic land card you’ll find until you’re performing the search. After you choose a basic land card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library."
1326
+ },
1327
+ {
1328
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1329
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being basic landcycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a basic landcycling ability from being activated."
1330
+ },
1331
+ {
1332
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1333
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with basic landcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
1334
+ },
1335
+ {
1336
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1337
+ "text": "You can choose not to find a basic land card, even if there is one in your library."
1338
+ }
1339
+ ]
1053
1340
  },
1054
1341
  {
1055
1342
  "name": "Corrupted Roots",
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1076
1363
  "loyalty": null,
1077
1364
  "multiverse_id": 183054,
1078
1365
  "other_part": null,
1079
- "color_indicator": null
1366
+ "color_indicator": null,
1367
+ "rulings": [
1368
+ {
1369
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1370
+ "text": "Corrupted Roots can enchant only a Forest or a Plains. It checks the enchanted land’s subtypes, not its name. If at any time the enchanted land is neither a Forest nor a Plains (due to Unstable Frontier’s ability, perhaps), Corrupted Roots is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action."
1371
+ },
1372
+ {
1373
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1374
+ "text": "Corrupted Roots doesn’t care why the enchanted land becomes tapped. If that land changes from being untapped to being tapped for any reason, the ability will trigger."
1375
+ }
1376
+ ]
1080
1377
  },
1081
1378
  {
1082
1379
  "name": "Drag Down",
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1100
1397
  "loyalty": null,
1101
1398
  "multiverse_id": 179239,
1102
1399
  "other_part": null,
1103
- "color_indicator": null
1400
+ "color_indicator": null,
1401
+ "rulings": [
1402
+ {
1403
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1404
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
1405
+ },
1406
+ {
1407
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1408
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
1409
+ },
1410
+ {
1411
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1412
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
1413
+ }
1414
+ ]
1104
1415
  },
1105
1416
  {
1106
1417
  "name": "Dreadwing",
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1126
1437
  "loyalty": null,
1127
1438
  "multiverse_id": 159629,
1128
1439
  "other_part": null,
1129
- "color_indicator": null
1440
+ "color_indicator": null,
1441
+ "rulings": []
1130
1442
  },
1131
1443
  {
1132
1444
  "name": "Extractor Demon",
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1154
1466
  "loyalty": null,
1155
1467
  "multiverse_id": 189082,
1156
1468
  "other_part": null,
1157
- "color_indicator": null
1469
+ "color_indicator": null,
1470
+ "rulings": [
1471
+ {
1472
+ "date": "3/14/2017",
1473
+ "text": "If Extractor Demon and another creature leave the battlefield at the same time, Extractor Demon’s triggered ability will trigger."
1474
+ },
1475
+ {
1476
+ "date": "3/14/2017",
1477
+ "text": "You can target any player with Extractor Demon’s triggered ability. The target doesn’t have to be the controller of the creature that left the battlefield."
1478
+ }
1479
+ ]
1158
1480
  },
1159
1481
  {
1160
1482
  "name": "Fleshformer",
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1181
1503
  "loyalty": null,
1182
1504
  "multiverse_id": 179884,
1183
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  "other_part": null,
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1506
+ "color_indicator": null,
1507
+ "rulings": [
1508
+ {
1509
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1510
+ "text": "Fleshformer’s ability has only one target: the creature. If that creature becomes an illegal target by the time Fleshformer’s ability would resolve, the entire ability doesn’t resolve. Fleshformer won’t get +2/+2 and won’t gain fear."
1511
+ },
1512
+ {
1513
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1514
+ "text": "Fleshformer can target itself with its ability. The result is that Fleshformer gains fear, since the +2/+2 and -2/-2 parts of the effect will balance each other out. (Fleshformer’s power and toughness will each momentarily go up by 2, in case anything cares about that.)"
1515
+ }
1516
+ ]
1185
1517
  },
1186
1518
  {
1187
1519
  "name": "Grixis Slavedriver",
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1209
1541
  "loyalty": null,
1210
1542
  "multiverse_id": 179804,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1544
+ "color_indicator": null,
1545
+ "rulings": []
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  },
1214
1547
  {
1215
1548
  "name": "Infectious Horror",
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1236
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  "loyalty": null,
1237
1570
  "multiverse_id": 157732,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1572
+ "color_indicator": null,
1573
+ "rulings": [
1574
+ {
1575
+ "date": "7/13/2018",
1576
+ "text": "In a Two-Headed Giant game, Infectious Horror’s ability causes the opposing team to lose 4 life."
1577
+ }
1578
+ ]
1240
1579
  },
1241
1580
  {
1242
1581
  "name": "Kederekt Parasite",
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1262
1601
  "loyalty": null,
1263
1602
  "multiverse_id": 189080,
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1603
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1604
+ "color_indicator": null,
1605
+ "rulings": [
1606
+ {
1607
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1608
+ "text": "The “intervening ‘if’ clause” means that (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves."
1609
+ }
1610
+ ]
1266
1611
  },
1267
1612
  {
1268
1613
  "name": "Nyxathid",
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1289
1634
  "loyalty": null,
1290
1635
  "multiverse_id": 186616,
1291
1636
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1637
+ "color_indicator": null,
1638
+ "rulings": [
1639
+ {
1640
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1641
+ "text": "Nyxathid tracks the hand size of the chosen player even if that player ceases to be an opponent of its controller. (This could happen if that player gains control of Nyxathid, for example.)"
1642
+ },
1643
+ {
1644
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1645
+ "text": "In a multiplayer game, if the chosen player leaves the game, Nyxathid’s second ability simply won’t do anything anymore."
1646
+ },
1647
+ {
1648
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1649
+ "text": "Nyxathid’s two abilities are linked: The second one refers only to the player chosen by the first one. If another creature becomes a copy of Nyxathid (due to Mirrorweave, for example), the second ability won’t do anything because a player was never chosen as a result of the first ability. This is true even if a different ability allowed a player to be chosen as that creature entered the battlefield."
1650
+ },
1651
+ {
1652
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1653
+ "text": "If a spell or ability causes the chosen player to draw cards and then discard cards, Nyxathid’s power and toughness changes accordingly as that spell or ability is resolving. For example, if the chosen player has five cards in hand and a spell causes that player to draw two cards then discard two cards, Nyxathid will start out as 2/2, then become 1/1, 0/0, and finally 2/2. This is because cards are always drawn one at a time, but multiple cards may be discarded at once. Although Nyxathid momentarily had 0 toughness while that spell was resolving, it isn’t put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action because state-based actions aren’t checked until the spell has finished resolving."
1654
+ }
1655
+ ]
1293
1656
  },
1294
1657
  {
1295
1658
  "name": "Pestilent Kathari",
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1318
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  "loyalty": null,
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  "multiverse_id": 179518,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1684
+ "color_indicator": null,
1685
+ "rulings": []
1322
1686
  },
1323
1687
  {
1324
1688
  "name": "Rotting Rats",
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1346
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  "loyalty": null,
1347
1711
  "multiverse_id": 150833,
1348
1712
  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1713
+ "color_indicator": null,
1714
+ "rulings": [
1715
+ {
1716
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1717
+ "text": "When Rotting Rats’s enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses a card to discard, then each other player in turn order does the same, then all cards are discarded at the same time. No one sees what the other players are discarding before deciding which card to discard."
1718
+ }
1719
+ ]
1350
1720
  },
1351
1721
  {
1352
1722
  "name": "Salvage Slasher",
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1374
1744
  "loyalty": null,
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1745
  "multiverse_id": 179254,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1747
+ "color_indicator": null,
1748
+ "rulings": []
1378
1749
  },
1379
1750
  {
1380
1751
  "name": "Scepter of Fugue",
@@ -1398,7 +1769,8 @@
1398
1769
  "loyalty": null,
1399
1770
  "multiverse_id": 189084,
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  "other_part": null,
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- "color_indicator": null
1772
+ "color_indicator": null,
1773
+ "rulings": []
1402
1774
  },
1403
1775
  {
1404
1776
  "name": "Sedraxis Alchemist",
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1425
1797
  "loyalty": null,
1426
1798
  "multiverse_id": 182306,
1427
1799
  "other_part": null,
1428
- "color_indicator": null
1800
+ "color_indicator": null,
1801
+ "rulings": [
1802
+ {
1803
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1804
+ "text": "The “intervening ‘if’ clause” means that (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves."
1805
+ },
1806
+ {
1807
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1808
+ "text": "This ability isn’t optional. When Sedraxis Alchemist enters the battlefield, if you control a blue permanent and no other player controls a nonland permanent, you’ll have to target a nonland permanent you control."
1809
+ }
1810
+ ]
1429
1811
  },
1430
1812
  {
1431
1813
  "name": "Voices from the Void",
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1449
1831
  "loyalty": null,
1450
1832
  "multiverse_id": 150847,
1451
1833
  "other_part": null,
1452
- "color_indicator": null
1834
+ "color_indicator": null,
1835
+ "rulings": [
1836
+ {
1837
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1838
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
1839
+ },
1840
+ {
1841
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1842
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
1843
+ },
1844
+ {
1845
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1846
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
1847
+ }
1848
+ ]
1453
1849
  },
1454
1850
  {
1455
1851
  "name": "Wretched Banquet",
@@ -1473,7 +1869,13 @@
1473
1869
  "loyalty": null,
1474
1870
  "multiverse_id": 174907,
1475
1871
  "other_part": null,
1476
- "color_indicator": null
1872
+ "color_indicator": null,
1873
+ "rulings": [
1874
+ {
1875
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1876
+ "text": "Wretched Banquet may target any creature. The creature’s power is checked only as Wretched Banquet resolves. If another creature has less power than the targeted creature at that time, Wretched Banquet does nothing."
1877
+ }
1878
+ ]
1477
1879
  },
1478
1880
  {
1479
1881
  "name": "Yoke of the Damned",
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1500
1902
  "loyalty": null,
1501
1903
  "multiverse_id": 179891,
1502
1904
  "other_part": null,
1503
- "color_indicator": null
1905
+ "color_indicator": null,
1906
+ "rulings": []
1504
1907
  },
1505
1908
  {
1506
1909
  "name": "Banefire",
@@ -1525,7 +1928,21 @@
1525
1928
  "loyalty": null,
1526
1929
  "multiverse_id": 186613,
1527
1930
  "other_part": null,
1528
- "color_indicator": null
1931
+ "color_indicator": null,
1932
+ "rulings": [
1933
+ {
1934
+ "date": "7/13/2018",
1935
+ "text": "To determine whether it can be countered and its damage can be prevented, Banefire checks the number you chose for X, not the amount of mana you actually spent or the amount of damage it will actually deal."
1936
+ },
1937
+ {
1938
+ "date": "7/13/2018",
1939
+ "text": "Banefire can be targeted by spells that try to counter it regardless of what the value of X is. If X is 5 or more, those spells will still resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Banefire won’t do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal."
1940
+ },
1941
+ {
1942
+ "date": "7/13/2018",
1943
+ "text": "If its target is illegal by the time Banefire tries to resolve, the spell isn’t countered, but it doesn’t resolve. The target won’t be dealt damage."
1944
+ }
1945
+ ]
1529
1946
  },
1530
1947
  {
1531
1948
  "name": "Bloodhall Ooze",
@@ -1552,7 +1969,17 @@
1552
1969
  "loyalty": null,
1553
1970
  "multiverse_id": 159610,
1554
1971
  "other_part": null,
1555
- "color_indicator": null
1972
+ "color_indicator": null,
1973
+ "rulings": [
1974
+ {
1975
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1976
+ "text": "The “intervening ‘if’ clause” means that (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves."
1977
+ },
1978
+ {
1979
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
1980
+ "text": "A permanent that’s both black and green will allow both abilities to trigger (as will separate black permanents and green permanents, of course)."
1981
+ }
1982
+ ]
1556
1983
  },
1557
1984
  {
1558
1985
  "name": "Canyon Minotaur",
@@ -1577,7 +2004,8 @@
1577
2004
  "loyalty": null,
1578
2005
  "multiverse_id": 184994,
1579
2006
  "other_part": null,
1580
- "color_indicator": null
2007
+ "color_indicator": null,
2008
+ "rulings": []
1581
2009
  },
1582
2010
  {
1583
2011
  "name": "Dark Temper",
@@ -1601,7 +2029,17 @@
1601
2029
  "loyalty": null,
1602
2030
  "multiverse_id": 185143,
1603
2031
  "other_part": null,
1604
- "color_indicator": null
2032
+ "color_indicator": null,
2033
+ "rulings": [
2034
+ {
2035
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2036
+ "text": "This checks the colors of permanents you control as it resolves."
2037
+ },
2038
+ {
2039
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2040
+ "text": "Dark Temper has a self-replacement effect, which applies before other prevention or replacement effects would. If you control a black permanent as Dark Temper resolves, it doesn’t deal damage at all (so damage prevention or redirection effects would have no effect); it simply destroys the targeted creature."
2041
+ }
2042
+ ]
1605
2043
  },
1606
2044
  {
1607
2045
  "name": "Dragonsoul Knight",
@@ -1629,7 +2067,21 @@
1629
2067
  "loyalty": null,
1630
2068
  "multiverse_id": 186392,
1631
2069
  "other_part": null,
1632
- "color_indicator": null
2070
+ "color_indicator": null,
2071
+ "rulings": [
2072
+ {
2073
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2074
+ "text": "When Dragonsoul Knight’s activated ability resolves, Dragonsoul Knight will gain flying and trample in addition to its other abilities. However, becoming a Dragon will make it lose all other creature types. It will no longer be a Human or a Knight."
2075
+ },
2076
+ {
2077
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2078
+ "text": "If Dragonsoul Knight gains flying after blockers have been declared, it won’t cause those blocks to change."
2079
+ },
2080
+ {
2081
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2082
+ "text": "You can activate Dragonsoul Knight’s ability more than once during a turn. The second time it resolves, it will probably have no visible effect other than giving Dragonsoul Knight another +5/+3."
2083
+ }
2084
+ ]
1633
2085
  },
1634
2086
  {
1635
2087
  "name": "Fiery Fall",
@@ -1654,7 +2106,25 @@
1654
2106
  "loyalty": null,
1655
2107
  "multiverse_id": 179519,
1656
2108
  "other_part": null,
1657
- "color_indicator": null
2109
+ "color_indicator": null,
2110
+ "rulings": [
2111
+ {
2112
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2113
+ "text": "Unlike the normal cycling ability, basic landcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a basic land card. You don’t choose the type of basic land card you’ll find until you’re performing the search. After you choose a basic land card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library."
2114
+ },
2115
+ {
2116
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2117
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being basic landcycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a basic landcycling ability from being activated."
2118
+ },
2119
+ {
2120
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2121
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with basic landcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
2122
+ },
2123
+ {
2124
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2125
+ "text": "You can choose not to find a basic land card, even if there is one in your library."
2126
+ }
2127
+ ]
1658
2128
  },
1659
2129
  {
1660
2130
  "name": "Goblin Razerunners",
@@ -1682,7 +2152,17 @@
1682
2152
  "loyalty": null,
1683
2153
  "multiverse_id": 179487,
1684
2154
  "other_part": null,
1685
- "color_indicator": null
2155
+ "color_indicator": null,
2156
+ "rulings": [
2157
+ {
2158
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2159
+ "text": "You don’t count how many +1/+1 counters are on Goblin Razerunners until its triggered ability resolves."
2160
+ },
2161
+ {
2162
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2163
+ "text": "If Goblin Razerunners leaves the battlefield after its ability triggers but before it resolves, the amount of damage it deals is equal to the number of +1/+1 counters that were on it as it last existed on the battlefield."
2164
+ }
2165
+ ]
1686
2166
  },
1687
2167
  {
1688
2168
  "name": "Hellspark Elemental",
@@ -1710,7 +2190,8 @@
1710
2190
  "loyalty": null,
1711
2191
  "multiverse_id": 174799,
1712
2192
  "other_part": null,
1713
- "color_indicator": null
2193
+ "color_indicator": null,
2194
+ "rulings": []
1714
2195
  },
1715
2196
  {
1716
2197
  "name": "Ignite Disorder",
@@ -1734,7 +2215,21 @@
1734
2215
  "loyalty": null,
1735
2216
  "multiverse_id": 183056,
1736
2217
  "other_part": null,
1737
- "color_indicator": null
2218
+ "color_indicator": null,
2219
+ "rulings": [
2220
+ {
2221
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2222
+ "text": "The number of targets must be at least 1 and at most 3."
2223
+ },
2224
+ {
2225
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2226
+ "text": "You divide the damage as you cast Ignite Disorder, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage."
2227
+ },
2228
+ {
2229
+ "date": "10/1/2009",
2230
+ "text": "The number of targets chosen for Ignite Disorder must be at least 1 and at most 3. You divide the damage as you cast the spell, not as it resolves. Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage."
2231
+ }
2232
+ ]
1738
2233
  },
1739
2234
  {
1740
2235
  "name": "Kranioceros",
@@ -1760,7 +2255,8 @@
1760
2255
  "loyalty": null,
1761
2256
  "multiverse_id": 177940,
1762
2257
  "other_part": null,
1763
- "color_indicator": null
2258
+ "color_indicator": null,
2259
+ "rulings": []
1764
2260
  },
1765
2261
  {
1766
2262
  "name": "Maniacal Rage",
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1787
2283
  "loyalty": null,
1788
2284
  "multiverse_id": 182609,
1789
2285
  "other_part": null,
1790
- "color_indicator": null
2286
+ "color_indicator": null,
2287
+ "rulings": []
1791
2288
  },
1792
2289
  {
1793
2290
  "name": "Molten Frame",
@@ -1812,7 +2309,17 @@
1812
2309
  "loyalty": null,
1813
2310
  "multiverse_id": 184988,
1814
2311
  "other_part": null,
1815
- "color_indicator": null
2312
+ "color_indicator": null,
2313
+ "rulings": [
2314
+ {
2315
+ "date": "10/1/2008",
2316
+ "text": "Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
2317
+ },
2318
+ {
2319
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2320
+ "text": "Any permanent that’s both an artifact and a creature is a legal target for Molten Frame."
2321
+ }
2322
+ ]
1816
2323
  },
1817
2324
  {
1818
2325
  "name": "Quenchable Fire",
@@ -1836,7 +2343,17 @@
1836
2343
  "loyalty": null,
1837
2344
  "multiverse_id": 179440,
1838
2345
  "other_part": null,
1839
- "color_indicator": null
2346
+ "color_indicator": null,
2347
+ "rulings": [
2348
+ {
2349
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2350
+ "text": "After Quenchable Fire resolves, the targeted player becomes able to perform a special action of paying {U}. This action may be performed any time the player has priority, and it doesn’t use the stack. It may be performed only once, and only before your next upkeep begins. If the player has performed the action by then, the “deal an additional 3 damage” ability won’t trigger. Otherwise, it will. If it triggers, the player can’t stop it by paying {U}."
2351
+ },
2352
+ {
2353
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2354
+ "text": "Quenchable Fire’s delayed triggered ability (and the special action of paying {U}) will affect the player who was targeted by the spell, even if the original 3 damage is prevented or redirected to a different permanent or player."
2355
+ }
2356
+ ]
1840
2357
  },
1841
2358
  {
1842
2359
  "name": "Rakka Mar",
@@ -1866,7 +2383,8 @@
1866
2383
  "loyalty": null,
1867
2384
  "multiverse_id": 185810,
1868
2385
  "other_part": null,
1869
- "color_indicator": null
2386
+ "color_indicator": null,
2387
+ "rulings": []
1870
2388
  },
1871
2389
  {
1872
2390
  "name": "Toxic Iguanar",
@@ -1892,7 +2410,17 @@
1892
2410
  "loyalty": null,
1893
2411
  "multiverse_id": 170956,
1894
2412
  "other_part": null,
1895
- "color_indicator": null
2413
+ "color_indicator": null,
2414
+ "rulings": [
2415
+ {
2416
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2417
+ "text": "As long as at least one permanent you control is the specified color, the ability will “work” and grant this creature the bonus. Otherwise, it won’t have the bonus."
2418
+ },
2419
+ {
2420
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2421
+ "text": "Whether Toxic Iguanar has deathtouch matters only when it deals damage (that is, at the point when its combat damage resolves, or at the point when a spell or ability that causes it to deal damage resolves). For example, if your only green permanent is a creature that receives lethal damage at the same time Toxic Iguanar deals damage to a creature, the deathtouch ability will still apply and the creature Toxic Iguanar dealt damage to will be destroyed."
2422
+ }
2423
+ ]
1896
2424
  },
1897
2425
  {
1898
2426
  "name": "Viashino Slaughtermaster",
@@ -1920,7 +2448,8 @@
1920
2448
  "loyalty": null,
1921
2449
  "multiverse_id": 179245,
1922
2450
  "other_part": null,
1923
- "color_indicator": null
2451
+ "color_indicator": null,
2452
+ "rulings": []
1924
2453
  },
1925
2454
  {
1926
2455
  "name": "Volcanic Fallout",
@@ -1945,7 +2474,13 @@
1945
2474
  "loyalty": null,
1946
2475
  "multiverse_id": 180274,
1947
2476
  "other_part": null,
1948
- "color_indicator": null
2477
+ "color_indicator": null,
2478
+ "rulings": [
2479
+ {
2480
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2481
+ "text": "Volcanic Fallout can be targeted by spells that try to counter it (such as Countersquall). Those spells will still resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Volcanic Fallout won’t do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal."
2482
+ }
2483
+ ]
1949
2484
  },
1950
2485
  {
1951
2486
  "name": "Voracious Dragon",
@@ -1973,7 +2508,17 @@
1973
2508
  "loyalty": null,
1974
2509
  "multiverse_id": 186329,
1975
2510
  "other_part": null,
1976
- "color_indicator": null
2511
+ "color_indicator": null,
2512
+ "rulings": [
2513
+ {
2514
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2515
+ "text": "Voracious Dragon can devour any type of creatures, not just Goblins."
2516
+ },
2517
+ {
2518
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2519
+ "text": "“The number of Goblins it devoured” means “The number of Goblins sacrificed as a result of its devour ability as it entered the battlefield.” For each creature that Voracious Dragon devoured, this ability checks its creature type as it last existed on the battlefield to see if it was a Goblin at that time."
2520
+ }
2521
+ ]
1977
2522
  },
1978
2523
  {
1979
2524
  "name": "Wandering Goblins",
@@ -2000,7 +2545,21 @@
2000
2545
  "loyalty": null,
2001
2546
  "multiverse_id": 180279,
2002
2547
  "other_part": null,
2003
- "color_indicator": null
2548
+ "color_indicator": null,
2549
+ "rulings": [
2550
+ {
2551
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2552
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
2553
+ },
2554
+ {
2555
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2556
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
2557
+ },
2558
+ {
2559
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2560
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
2561
+ }
2562
+ ]
2004
2563
  },
2005
2564
  {
2006
2565
  "name": "Worldheart Phoenix",
@@ -2027,7 +2586,21 @@
2027
2586
  "loyalty": null,
2028
2587
  "multiverse_id": 175401,
2029
2588
  "other_part": null,
2030
- "color_indicator": null
2589
+ "color_indicator": null,
2590
+ "rulings": [
2591
+ {
2592
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2593
+ "text": "Casting Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying its alternative cost doesn’t change when you can cast it. You can cast it only at the normal time you could cast a creature spell."
2594
+ },
2595
+ {
2596
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2597
+ "text": "If you cast Worldheart Phoenix this way, it is a spell and can be countered."
2598
+ },
2599
+ {
2600
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2601
+ "text": "As soon as you start to cast Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard, the card moves onto the stack. At that point, it’s too late for an opponent to prevent you from casting it by removing it from your graveyard."
2602
+ }
2603
+ ]
2031
2604
  },
2032
2605
  {
2033
2606
  "name": "Beacon Behemoth",
@@ -2053,7 +2626,8 @@
2053
2626
  "loyalty": null,
2054
2627
  "multiverse_id": 177931,
2055
2628
  "other_part": null,
2056
- "color_indicator": null
2629
+ "color_indicator": null,
2630
+ "rulings": []
2057
2631
  },
2058
2632
  {
2059
2633
  "name": "Cliffrunner Behemoth",
@@ -2081,7 +2655,21 @@
2081
2655
  "loyalty": null,
2082
2656
  "multiverse_id": 159612,
2083
2657
  "other_part": null,
2084
- "color_indicator": null
2658
+ "color_indicator": null,
2659
+ "rulings": [
2660
+ {
2661
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2662
+ "text": "As long as at least one permanent you control is the specified color, the ability will “work” and grant this creature the bonus. Otherwise, it won’t have the bonus."
2663
+ },
2664
+ {
2665
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2666
+ "text": "Whether Cliffrunner Behemoth has haste matters only when attackers are declared. Once it’s been declared as an attacker, it doesn’t matter if it loses haste."
2667
+ },
2668
+ {
2669
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2670
+ "text": "Whether Cliffrunner Behemoth has lifelink matters only when it deals damage (that is, at the point when its combat damage resolves, or at the point when a spell or ability that causes it to deal damage resolves). For example, if your only white permanent is a creature that receives lethal damage at the same time Cliffrunner Behemoth deals damage, the lifelink ability will still apply and you’ll gain life."
2671
+ }
2672
+ ]
2085
2673
  },
2086
2674
  {
2087
2675
  "name": "Cylian Sunsinger",
@@ -2108,7 +2696,17 @@
2108
2696
  "loyalty": null,
2109
2697
  "multiverse_id": 189081,
2110
2698
  "other_part": null,
2111
- "color_indicator": null
2699
+ "color_indicator": null,
2700
+ "rulings": [
2701
+ {
2702
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2703
+ "text": "When the ability resolves, it gives the +3/+3 bonus to the source of the ability and each other creature that shares a name with that source, even if that source isn’t actually named Cylian Sunsinger. This could happen if Skill Borrower gains this ability, or if Cylian Sunsinger’s name is changed (due to Mirrorweave, perhaps) before the ability resolves."
2704
+ },
2705
+ {
2706
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2707
+ "text": "If Cylian Sunsinger has left the battlefield by the time its ability resolves, its ability will affect each creature whose name is the same as the name Cylian Sunsinger had as it last existed on the battlefield."
2708
+ }
2709
+ ]
2112
2710
  },
2113
2711
  {
2114
2712
  "name": "Ember Weaver",
@@ -2135,7 +2733,17 @@
2135
2733
  "loyalty": null,
2136
2734
  "multiverse_id": 184990,
2137
2735
  "other_part": null,
2138
- "color_indicator": null
2736
+ "color_indicator": null,
2737
+ "rulings": [
2738
+ {
2739
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2740
+ "text": "As long as at least one permanent you control is the specified color, the ability will “work” and grant this creature the bonus. Otherwise, it won’t have the bonus."
2741
+ },
2742
+ {
2743
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2744
+ "text": "Whether Ember Weaver has first strike matters only at the point that the normal combat damage step would begin, and only if there hasn't already been a first-strike combat damage step that turn. If any of your creatures has first strike at that point, a first-strike combat damage step is created.\r\n -- If Ember Weaver has first strike at that point, it will assign and deal combat damage during that step (even if it loses first strike before that damage is dealt) and it won't deal combat damage during the normal combat damage step.\r\n -- If Ember Weaver doesn't have first strike at that point, it will assign and deal its combat damage during the normal combat damage step (even if it gains first strike before then)."
2745
+ }
2746
+ ]
2139
2747
  },
2140
2748
  {
2141
2749
  "name": "Filigree Fracture",
@@ -2159,7 +2767,8 @@
2159
2767
  "loyalty": null,
2160
2768
  "multiverse_id": 179439,
2161
2769
  "other_part": null,
2162
- "color_indicator": null
2770
+ "color_indicator": null,
2771
+ "rulings": []
2163
2772
  },
2164
2773
  {
2165
2774
  "name": "Gluttonous Slime",
@@ -2186,7 +2795,8 @@
2186
2795
  "loyalty": null,
2187
2796
  "multiverse_id": 179512,
2188
2797
  "other_part": null,
2189
- "color_indicator": null
2798
+ "color_indicator": null,
2799
+ "rulings": []
2190
2800
  },
2191
2801
  {
2192
2802
  "name": "Matca Rioters",
@@ -2213,7 +2823,25 @@
2213
2823
  "loyalty": null,
2214
2824
  "multiverse_id": 179248,
2215
2825
  "other_part": null,
2216
- "color_indicator": null
2826
+ "color_indicator": null,
2827
+ "rulings": [
2828
+ {
2829
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2830
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
2831
+ },
2832
+ {
2833
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2834
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
2835
+ },
2836
+ {
2837
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2838
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
2839
+ },
2840
+ {
2841
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2842
+ "text": "Matca Rioters’ ability is a “characteristic-defining ability.” It applies at all times in all zones."
2843
+ }
2844
+ ]
2217
2845
  },
2218
2846
  {
2219
2847
  "name": "Might of Alara",
@@ -2237,7 +2865,21 @@
2237
2865
  "loyalty": null,
2238
2866
  "multiverse_id": 150810,
2239
2867
  "other_part": null,
2240
- "color_indicator": null
2868
+ "color_indicator": null,
2869
+ "rulings": [
2870
+ {
2871
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2872
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
2873
+ },
2874
+ {
2875
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2876
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
2877
+ },
2878
+ {
2879
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2880
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
2881
+ }
2882
+ ]
2241
2883
  },
2242
2884
  {
2243
2885
  "name": "Nacatl Savage",
@@ -2264,7 +2906,13 @@
2264
2906
  "loyalty": null,
2265
2907
  "multiverse_id": 183022,
2266
2908
  "other_part": null,
2267
- "color_indicator": null
2909
+ "color_indicator": null,
2910
+ "rulings": [
2911
+ {
2912
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2913
+ "text": "“Protection from artifacts” means the following:\r\n -- Nacatl Savage can't be blocked by artifact creatures.\r\n -- Nacatl Savage can't be equipped. It also can't be enchanted by Auras that have somehow become artifacts in addition to enchantments.\r\n -- Nacatl Savage can't be targeted by abilities from artifact sources.\r\n -- All damage that would be dealt to Nacatl Savage by artifact sources is prevented."
2914
+ }
2915
+ ]
2268
2916
  },
2269
2917
  {
2270
2918
  "name": "Noble Hierarch",
@@ -2292,7 +2940,8 @@
2292
2940
  "loyalty": null,
2293
2941
  "multiverse_id": 179434,
2294
2942
  "other_part": null,
2295
- "color_indicator": null
2943
+ "color_indicator": null,
2944
+ "rulings": []
2296
2945
  },
2297
2946
  {
2298
2947
  "name": "Paleoloth",
@@ -2318,7 +2967,13 @@
2318
2967
  "loyalty": null,
2319
2968
  "multiverse_id": 189873,
2320
2969
  "other_part": null,
2321
- "color_indicator": null
2970
+ "color_indicator": null,
2971
+ "rulings": [
2972
+ {
2973
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
2974
+ "text": "If Paleoloth and another creature with power 5 or greater enter the battlefield under your control at the same time, Paleoloth’s triggered ability will trigger."
2975
+ }
2976
+ ]
2322
2977
  },
2323
2978
  {
2324
2979
  "name": "Sacellum Archers",
@@ -2345,7 +3000,8 @@
2345
3000
  "loyalty": null,
2346
3001
  "multiverse_id": 179488,
2347
3002
  "other_part": null,
2348
- "color_indicator": null
3003
+ "color_indicator": null,
3004
+ "rulings": []
2349
3005
  },
2350
3006
  {
2351
3007
  "name": "Scattershot Archer",
@@ -2372,7 +3028,8 @@
2372
3028
  "loyalty": null,
2373
3029
  "multiverse_id": 185828,
2374
3030
  "other_part": null,
2375
- "color_indicator": null
3031
+ "color_indicator": null,
3032
+ "rulings": []
2376
3033
  },
2377
3034
  {
2378
3035
  "name": "Shard Convergence",
@@ -2396,7 +3053,21 @@
2396
3053
  "loyalty": null,
2397
3054
  "multiverse_id": 175034,
2398
3055
  "other_part": null,
2399
- "color_indicator": null
3056
+ "color_indicator": null,
3057
+ "rulings": [
3058
+ {
3059
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3060
+ "text": "You don’t have to find all four cards."
3061
+ },
3062
+ {
3063
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3064
+ "text": "Shard Convergence checks for cards with the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, and Mountain, not for cards with those names. You may find nonbasic land cards this way, as long as they have appropriate subtypes."
3065
+ },
3066
+ {
3067
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3068
+ "text": "You may find “dual lands” with Shard Convergence. The Plains card you find, for example, can have a second subtype. What subtypes it has won’t impact what other cards you can find. For example, you may find a Hallowed Fountain (which has subtypes Plains and Island) as the Plains card, and another Hallowed Fountain as the Island card."
3069
+ }
3070
+ ]
2400
3071
  },
2401
3072
  {
2402
3073
  "name": "Soul's Majesty",
@@ -2420,7 +3091,13 @@
2420
3091
  "loyalty": null,
2421
3092
  "multiverse_id": 185137,
2422
3093
  "other_part": null,
2423
- "color_indicator": null
3094
+ "color_indicator": null,
3095
+ "rulings": [
3096
+ {
3097
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3098
+ "text": "Soul’s Majesty’s only target is the creature. If that creature becomes an illegal target by the time Soul’s Majesty would resolve, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw any cards."
3099
+ }
3100
+ ]
2424
3101
  },
2425
3102
  {
2426
3103
  "name": "Spore Burst",
@@ -2444,7 +3121,21 @@
2444
3121
  "loyalty": null,
2445
3122
  "multiverse_id": 185829,
2446
3123
  "other_part": null,
2447
- "color_indicator": null
3124
+ "color_indicator": null,
3125
+ "rulings": [
3126
+ {
3127
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3128
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
3129
+ },
3130
+ {
3131
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3132
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
3133
+ },
3134
+ {
3135
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3136
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
3137
+ }
3138
+ ]
2448
3139
  },
2449
3140
  {
2450
3141
  "name": "Sylvan Bounty",
@@ -2469,7 +3160,25 @@
2469
3160
  "loyalty": null,
2470
3161
  "multiverse_id": 179523,
2471
3162
  "other_part": null,
2472
- "color_indicator": null
3163
+ "color_indicator": null,
3164
+ "rulings": [
3165
+ {
3166
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3167
+ "text": "Unlike the normal cycling ability, basic landcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a basic land card. You don’t choose the type of basic land card you’ll find until you’re performing the search. After you choose a basic land card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library."
3168
+ },
3169
+ {
3170
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3171
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being basic landcycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a basic landcycling ability from being activated."
3172
+ },
3173
+ {
3174
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3175
+ "text": "Basic landcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with basic landcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not."
3176
+ },
3177
+ {
3178
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3179
+ "text": "You can choose not to find a basic land card, even if there is one in your library."
3180
+ }
3181
+ ]
2473
3182
  },
2474
3183
  {
2475
3184
  "name": "Thornling",
@@ -2500,7 +3209,13 @@
2500
3209
  "loyalty": null,
2501
3210
  "multiverse_id": 180341,
2502
3211
  "other_part": null,
2503
- "color_indicator": null
3212
+ "color_indicator": null,
3213
+ "rulings": [
3214
+ {
3215
+ "date": "7/1/2013",
3216
+ "text": "Lethal damage and effects that say “destroy” won’t cause a creature with indestructible to be put into the graveyard. However, a creature with indestructible can be put into the graveyard for a number of reasons. The most likely reasons are if it’s sacrificed, if it’s legendary and another legendary creature with the same name is controlled by the same player, or if its toughness is 0 or less."
3217
+ }
3218
+ ]
2504
3219
  },
2505
3220
  {
2506
3221
  "name": "Tukatongue Thallid",
@@ -2526,7 +3241,8 @@
2526
3241
  "loyalty": null,
2527
3242
  "multiverse_id": 184995,
2528
3243
  "other_part": null,
2529
- "color_indicator": null
3244
+ "color_indicator": null,
3245
+ "rulings": []
2530
3246
  },
2531
3247
  {
2532
3248
  "name": "Wild Leotau",
@@ -2552,7 +3268,8 @@
2552
3268
  "loyalty": null,
2553
3269
  "multiverse_id": 179489,
2554
3270
  "other_part": null,
2555
- "color_indicator": null
3271
+ "color_indicator": null,
3272
+ "rulings": []
2556
3273
  },
2557
3274
  {
2558
3275
  "name": "Apocalypse Hydra",
@@ -2571,7 +3288,7 @@
2571
3288
  "converted_mana_cost": 2,
2572
3289
  "oracle_text": [
2573
3290
  "Apocalypse Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, it enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it.",
2574
- "{1}{R}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Apocalypse Hydra: Apocalypse Hydra deals 1 damage to any target."
3291
+ "{1}{R}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Apocalypse Hydra: It deals 1 damage to any target."
2575
3292
  ],
2576
3293
  "flavor_text": null,
2577
3294
  "power": "0",
@@ -2579,7 +3296,17 @@
2579
3296
  "loyalty": null,
2580
3297
  "multiverse_id": 183068,
2581
3298
  "other_part": null,
2582
- "color_indicator": null
3299
+ "color_indicator": null,
3300
+ "rulings": [
3301
+ {
3302
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3303
+ "text": "For example, if X is 4, Apocalypse Hydra enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it, but if X is 5, it enters the battlefield with ten +1/+1 counters on it."
3304
+ },
3305
+ {
3306
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3307
+ "text": "The first ability checks the number you chose for X, not the amount of mana you actually spent."
3308
+ }
3309
+ ]
2583
3310
  },
2584
3311
  {
2585
3312
  "name": "Blood Tyrant",
@@ -2607,7 +3334,21 @@
2607
3334
  "loyalty": null,
2608
3335
  "multiverse_id": 180267,
2609
3336
  "other_part": null,
2610
- "color_indicator": null
3337
+ "color_indicator": null,
3338
+ "rulings": [
3339
+ {
3340
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3341
+ "text": "Blood Tyrant’s second ability causes each player to lose 1 life, including you. Blood Tyrant will count each player’s life loss, including yours, when determining how many +1/+1 counters it gets."
3342
+ },
3343
+ {
3344
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3345
+ "text": "Blood Tyrant’s third ability will trigger no matter how a player loses the game: due to a state-based action (as a result of having a life total of 0 or less, trying to draw a card from an empty library, or having ten poison counters), a spell or ability that says that player loses the game, a concession, or a game loss awarded by a judge."
3346
+ },
3347
+ {
3348
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3349
+ "text": "In a multiplayer game using the limited range of influence option (such as a Grand Melee game), if a spell or ability says that you win the game, it instead causes all of your opponents within your range of influence to lose the game. This is another way by which Blood Tyrant’s third ability can trigger."
3350
+ }
3351
+ ]
2611
3352
  },
2612
3353
  {
2613
3354
  "name": "Charnelhoard Wurm",
@@ -2634,7 +3375,13 @@
2634
3375
  "loyalty": null,
2635
3376
  "multiverse_id": 179438,
2636
3377
  "other_part": null,
2637
- "color_indicator": null
3378
+ "color_indicator": null,
3379
+ "rulings": [
3380
+ {
3381
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3382
+ "text": "If Charnelhoard Wurm is dealt lethal damage at the same time it deals damage to an opponent, Charnelhoard Wurm will be in your graveyard by the time you put its ability on the stack. In that case, you can target it with its own ability."
3383
+ }
3384
+ ]
2638
3385
  },
2639
3386
  {
2640
3387
  "name": "Child of Alara",
@@ -2663,7 +3410,8 @@
2663
3410
  "loyalty": null,
2664
3411
  "multiverse_id": 180516,
2665
3412
  "other_part": null,
2666
- "color_indicator": null
3413
+ "color_indicator": null,
3414
+ "rulings": []
2667
3415
  },
2668
3416
  {
2669
3417
  "name": "Conflux",
@@ -2687,7 +3435,17 @@
2687
3435
  "loyalty": null,
2688
3436
  "multiverse_id": 179437,
2689
3437
  "other_part": null,
2690
- "color_indicator": null
3438
+ "color_indicator": null,
3439
+ "rulings": [
3440
+ {
3441
+ "date": "3/16/2018",
3442
+ "text": "You don’t have to find all five cards."
3443
+ },
3444
+ {
3445
+ "date": "3/16/2018",
3446
+ "text": "You may find multicolored cards with Conflux. The white card you find, for example, can be any number of colors, as long as white is one of them. What colors it is won’t impact what other cards you can find. For example, you may find a white-blue card as the white card and another white-blue card as the blue card."
3447
+ }
3448
+ ]
2691
3449
  },
2692
3450
  {
2693
3451
  "name": "Countersquall",
@@ -2711,7 +3469,13 @@
2711
3469
  "loyalty": null,
2712
3470
  "multiverse_id": 186327,
2713
3471
  "other_part": null,
2714
- "color_indicator": null
3472
+ "color_indicator": null,
3473
+ "rulings": [
3474
+ {
3475
+ "date": "12/7/2018",
3476
+ "text": "A spell that can’t be countered is a legal target for Countersquall. The spell won’t be countered when Countersquall resolves, but its controller still loses 2 life."
3477
+ }
3478
+ ]
2715
3479
  },
2716
3480
  {
2717
3481
  "name": "Elder Mastery",
@@ -2739,7 +3503,13 @@
2739
3503
  "loyalty": null,
2740
3504
  "multiverse_id": 183024,
2741
3505
  "other_part": null,
2742
- "color_indicator": null
3506
+ "color_indicator": null,
3507
+ "rulings": [
3508
+ {
3509
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3510
+ "text": "The last ability triggers from any damage dealt by the enchanted creature, not just combat damage."
3511
+ }
3512
+ ]
2743
3513
  },
2744
3514
  {
2745
3515
  "name": "Esper Cormorants",
@@ -2766,7 +3536,8 @@
2766
3536
  "loyalty": null,
2767
3537
  "multiverse_id": 184983,
2768
3538
  "other_part": null,
2769
- "color_indicator": null
3539
+ "color_indicator": null,
3540
+ "rulings": []
2770
3541
  },
2771
3542
  {
2772
3543
  "name": "Exploding Borders",
@@ -2790,7 +3561,33 @@
2790
3561
  "loyalty": null,
2791
3562
  "multiverse_id": 189378,
2792
3563
  "other_part": null,
2793
- "color_indicator": null
3564
+ "color_indicator": null,
3565
+ "rulings": [
3566
+ {
3567
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3568
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
3569
+ },
3570
+ {
3571
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3572
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
3573
+ },
3574
+ {
3575
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3576
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
3577
+ },
3578
+ {
3579
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3580
+ "text": "You do what the spell says in order, so you’ll put a new basic land card onto the battlefield before you determine the value of X."
3581
+ },
3582
+ {
3583
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3584
+ "text": "Exploding Borders will still deal damage even if you don’t put a land card onto the battlefield."
3585
+ },
3586
+ {
3587
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3588
+ "text": "Exploding Borders has only one target: the player. If that player becomes an illegal target by the time Exploding Borders would resolve, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t get to search for a basic land card."
3589
+ }
3590
+ ]
2794
3591
  },
2795
3592
  {
2796
3593
  "name": "Fusion Elemental",
@@ -2814,7 +3611,8 @@
2814
3611
  "loyalty": null,
2815
3612
  "multiverse_id": 179443,
2816
3613
  "other_part": null,
2817
- "color_indicator": null
3614
+ "color_indicator": null,
3615
+ "rulings": []
2818
3616
  },
2819
3617
  {
2820
3618
  "name": "Giltspire Avenger",
@@ -2842,7 +3640,8 @@
2842
3640
  "loyalty": null,
2843
3641
  "multiverse_id": 186614,
2844
3642
  "other_part": null,
2845
- "color_indicator": null
3643
+ "color_indicator": null,
3644
+ "rulings": []
2846
3645
  },
2847
3646
  {
2848
3647
  "name": "Goblin Outlander",
@@ -2869,7 +3668,8 @@
2869
3668
  "loyalty": null,
2870
3669
  "multiverse_id": 185142,
2871
3670
  "other_part": null,
2872
- "color_indicator": null
3671
+ "color_indicator": null,
3672
+ "rulings": []
2873
3673
  },
2874
3674
  {
2875
3675
  "name": "Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer",
@@ -2899,7 +3699,17 @@
2899
3699
  "loyalty": null,
2900
3700
  "multiverse_id": 185811,
2901
3701
  "other_part": null,
2902
- "color_indicator": null
3702
+ "color_indicator": null,
3703
+ "rulings": [
3704
+ {
3705
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3706
+ "text": "If Gwafa Hazid leaves the battlefield, any bribery counters will remain where they are. However, without a Gwafa Hazid on the battlefield, creatures with bribery counters on them can attack and block as normal. If another Gwafa Hazid enters the battlefield, its ability will affect all creatures with bribery counters on them, including the ones that received counters from a different Gwafa Hazid."
3707
+ },
3708
+ {
3709
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3710
+ "text": "Creatures with bribery counters on them can’t be declared as attackers or blockers. However, if a bribery counter is put on a creature that’s already been declared as an attacker or blocker, that creature will continue to attack or block that combat."
3711
+ }
3712
+ ]
2903
3713
  },
2904
3714
  {
2905
3715
  "name": "Hellkite Hatchling",
@@ -2926,7 +3736,17 @@
2926
3736
  "loyalty": null,
2927
3737
  "multiverse_id": 189146,
2928
3738
  "other_part": null,
2929
- "color_indicator": null
3739
+ "color_indicator": null,
3740
+ "rulings": [
3741
+ {
3742
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3743
+ "text": "Hellkite Hatchling has flying and trample if at least one creature was sacrificed as a result of the Hatchling’s devour ability as it entered the battlefield. It retains those abilities even if its +1/+1 counters are somehow removed."
3744
+ },
3745
+ {
3746
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3747
+ "text": "If another creature becomes a copy of Hellkite Hatchling (due to Mirrorweave, for example), the second ability checks to see whether that creature — not the original Hellkite Hatchling — devoured a creature as it entered the battlefield."
3748
+ }
3749
+ ]
2930
3750
  },
2931
3751
  {
2932
3752
  "name": "Jhessian Balmgiver",
@@ -2954,7 +3774,13 @@
2954
3774
  "loyalty": null,
2955
3775
  "multiverse_id": 174791,
2956
3776
  "other_part": null,
2957
- "color_indicator": null
3777
+ "color_indicator": null,
3778
+ "rulings": [
3779
+ {
3780
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3781
+ "text": "After blockers have been declared, activating the second ability won’t cause those blocks to change."
3782
+ }
3783
+ ]
2958
3784
  },
2959
3785
  {
2960
3786
  "name": "Knight of the Reliquary",
@@ -2982,7 +3808,25 @@
2982
3808
  "loyalty": null,
2983
3809
  "multiverse_id": 189145,
2984
3810
  "other_part": null,
2985
- "color_indicator": null
3811
+ "color_indicator": null,
3812
+ "rulings": [
3813
+ {
3814
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3815
+ "text": "Knight of the Reliquary’s first ability applies only while it’s on the battlefield. In all other zones, it’s a 2/2 creature."
3816
+ },
3817
+ {
3818
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3819
+ "text": "The activated ability’s cost checks the land’s subtype, not its name. You can sacrifice a nonbasic land this way as long as it has the subtype Forest or Plains. Most nonbasic lands don’t have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Horizon Canopy is neither a Forest nor a Plains, while Temple Garden is both."
3820
+ },
3821
+ {
3822
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3823
+ "text": "Sacrificing a Forest or Plains is part of the cost of Knight of the Reliquary’s activated ability. Assuming that sacrificing the land puts it into your graveyard, Knight of the Reliquary’s first ability will immediately give it an additional +1/+1 when that cost is paid because there’ll be a new land card in your graveyard. Paying a cost can’t be responded to (with Shock, for example)."
3824
+ },
3825
+ {
3826
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3827
+ "text": "Knight of the Reliquary’s activated ability lets you find any land card, not just a basic land card."
3828
+ }
3829
+ ]
2986
3830
  },
2987
3831
  {
2988
3832
  "name": "Knotvine Mystic",
@@ -3009,7 +3853,8 @@
3009
3853
  "loyalty": null,
3010
3854
  "multiverse_id": 180265,
3011
3855
  "other_part": null,
3012
- "color_indicator": null
3856
+ "color_indicator": null,
3857
+ "rulings": []
3013
3858
  },
3014
3859
  {
3015
3860
  "name": "Maelstrom Archangel",
@@ -3036,7 +3881,25 @@
3036
3881
  "loyalty": null,
3037
3882
  "multiverse_id": 185136,
3038
3883
  "other_part": null,
3039
- "color_indicator": null
3884
+ "color_indicator": null,
3885
+ "rulings": [
3886
+ {
3887
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3888
+ "text": "If you want to cast a card this way, you cast it as part of the resolution of Maelstrom Angel’s triggered ability. Timing restrictions based on the card’s type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other casting restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only before attackers are declared”)."
3889
+ },
3890
+ {
3891
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3892
+ "text": "If you cast a card this way, you’re casting it as a spell. It can be countered."
3893
+ },
3894
+ {
3895
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3896
+ "text": "If you cast a card with X in its cost this way, X must be 0."
3897
+ },
3898
+ {
3899
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3900
+ "text": "If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as evoke or the alternative cost provided by the morph ability. However, you can pay optional additional costs, such as conspire, and you must still pay mandatory additional costs, such as the one on Goldmeadow Stalwart."
3901
+ }
3902
+ ]
3040
3903
  },
3041
3904
  {
3042
3905
  "name": "Magister Sphinx",
@@ -3064,7 +3927,21 @@
3064
3927
  "loyalty": null,
3065
3928
  "multiverse_id": 179892,
3066
3929
  "other_part": null,
3067
- "color_indicator": null
3930
+ "color_indicator": null,
3931
+ "rulings": [
3932
+ {
3933
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3934
+ "text": "This ability is not optional."
3935
+ },
3936
+ {
3937
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
3938
+ "text": "For a player’s life total to become 10, what actually happens is that the player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the targeted player’s life total is 4 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to gain 6 life; alternately, if the targeted player’s life total is 17 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 7 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly."
3939
+ },
3940
+ {
3941
+ "date": "6/15/2010",
3942
+ "text": "In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability basically causes the team’s life total to become 10, but only the targeted player is considered to have actually gained or lost life."
3943
+ }
3944
+ ]
3068
3945
  },
3069
3946
  {
3070
3947
  "name": "Malfegor",
@@ -3094,7 +3971,17 @@
3094
3971
  "loyalty": null,
3095
3972
  "multiverse_id": 185812,
3096
3973
  "other_part": null,
3097
- "color_indicator": null
3974
+ "color_indicator": null,
3975
+ "rulings": [
3976
+ {
3977
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3978
+ "text": "Malfegor’s ability is not optional. You must discard your entire hand no matter how many creatures your opponents control."
3979
+ },
3980
+ {
3981
+ "date": "11/17/2017",
3982
+ "text": "After you discard your hand and the number of creatures each opponent must sacrifice has been determined, each opponent in turn order, starting with the player whose turn it is if that player is your opponent, chooses which creatures they will sacrifice, then all the chosen creatures are all sacrificed at the same time."
3983
+ }
3984
+ ]
3098
3985
  },
3099
3986
  {
3100
3987
  "name": "Meglonoth",
@@ -3121,7 +4008,21 @@
3121
4008
  "loyalty": null,
3122
4009
  "multiverse_id": 179886,
3123
4010
  "other_part": null,
3124
- "color_indicator": null
4011
+ "color_indicator": null,
4012
+ "rulings": [
4013
+ {
4014
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4015
+ "text": "You don’t check Meglonoth’s power until its triggered ability resolves."
4016
+ },
4017
+ {
4018
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4019
+ "text": "If Meglonoth leaves the battlefield after its ability triggers but before it resolves, the amount of damage it deals is equal to its power as it last existed on the battlefield."
4020
+ },
4021
+ {
4022
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4023
+ "text": "If Meglonoth somehow blocks more than one creature, its ability will trigger once for each creature it blocks."
4024
+ }
4025
+ ]
3125
4026
  },
3126
4027
  {
3127
4028
  "name": "Nacatl Outlander",
@@ -3148,7 +4049,8 @@
3148
4049
  "loyalty": null,
3149
4050
  "multiverse_id": 185140,
3150
4051
  "other_part": null,
3151
- "color_indicator": null
4052
+ "color_indicator": null,
4053
+ "rulings": []
3152
4054
  },
3153
4055
  {
3154
4056
  "name": "Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker",
@@ -3178,7 +4080,21 @@
3178
4080
  "loyalty": "5",
3179
4081
  "multiverse_id": 179441,
3180
4082
  "other_part": null,
3181
- "color_indicator": null
4083
+ "color_indicator": null,
4084
+ "rulings": [
4085
+ {
4086
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4087
+ "text": "The control-change effect has no duration. It will last until the game ends or the affected creature leaves the battlefield. It may be superseded by a later control-change effect."
4088
+ },
4089
+ {
4090
+ "date": "7/1/2012",
4091
+ "text": "If the damage from Nicol Bolas’s third ability is prevented or redirected, the rest of the effect will still happen. Specifically, the number of cards discarded and permanents sacrificed isn’t tied to the amount of damage dealt."
4092
+ },
4093
+ {
4094
+ "date": "7/1/2012",
4095
+ "text": "For the third ability, if the player is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No damage will be dealt, no cards will be discarded, and no permanents will be sacrificed."
4096
+ }
4097
+ ]
3182
4098
  },
3183
4099
  {
3184
4100
  "name": "Progenitus",
@@ -3208,7 +4124,17 @@
3208
4124
  "loyalty": null,
3209
4125
  "multiverse_id": 179496,
3210
4126
  "other_part": null,
3211
- "color_indicator": null
4127
+ "color_indicator": null,
4128
+ "rulings": [
4129
+ {
4130
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4131
+ "text": "“Protection from everything” means the following: Progenitus can’t be blocked, Progenitus can’t be enchanted or equipped, Progenitus can’t be the target of spells or abilities, and all damage that would be dealt to Progenitus is prevented."
4132
+ },
4133
+ {
4134
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4135
+ "text": "Progenitus can still be affected by effects that don’t target it or deal damage to it (such as Day of Judgment)."
4136
+ }
4137
+ ]
3212
4138
  },
3213
4139
  {
3214
4140
  "name": "Rhox Bodyguard",
@@ -3237,7 +4163,8 @@
3237
4163
  "loyalty": null,
3238
4164
  "multiverse_id": 177924,
3239
4165
  "other_part": null,
3240
- "color_indicator": null
4166
+ "color_indicator": null,
4167
+ "rulings": []
3241
4168
  },
3242
4169
  {
3243
4170
  "name": "Scarland Thrinax",
@@ -3263,7 +4190,8 @@
3263
4190
  "loyalty": null,
3264
4191
  "multiverse_id": 183025,
3265
4192
  "other_part": null,
3266
- "color_indicator": null
4193
+ "color_indicator": null,
4194
+ "rulings": []
3267
4195
  },
3268
4196
  {
3269
4197
  "name": "Shambling Remains",
@@ -3291,7 +4219,8 @@
3291
4219
  "loyalty": null,
3292
4220
  "multiverse_id": 184991,
3293
4221
  "other_part": null,
3294
- "color_indicator": null
4222
+ "color_indicator": null,
4223
+ "rulings": []
3295
4224
  },
3296
4225
  {
3297
4226
  "name": "Skyward Eye Prophets",
@@ -3319,7 +4248,8 @@
3319
4248
  "loyalty": null,
3320
4249
  "multiverse_id": 174953,
3321
4250
  "other_part": null,
3322
- "color_indicator": null
4251
+ "color_indicator": null,
4252
+ "rulings": []
3323
4253
  },
3324
4254
  {
3325
4255
  "name": "Sludge Strider",
@@ -3346,7 +4276,17 @@
3346
4276
  "loyalty": null,
3347
4277
  "multiverse_id": 183019,
3348
4278
  "other_part": null,
3349
- "color_indicator": null
4279
+ "color_indicator": null,
4280
+ "rulings": [
4281
+ {
4282
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4283
+ "text": "If Sludge Strider and another artifact enter the battlefield under your control at the same time, Sludge Strider’s triggered ability will trigger. Similarly, if Sludge Strider and another artifact you control leave the battlefield at the same time, Sludge Strider’s triggered ability will trigger."
4284
+ },
4285
+ {
4286
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4287
+ "text": "If an artifact creature with 0 toughness enters the battlefield under your control, Sludge Strider’s ability will trigger a total of twice: Once when that creature enters the battlefield, and once when it’s put into a graveyard. Both abilities will be put on the stack after the state-based action check that puts the 0-toughness creature into the graveyard is finished."
4288
+ }
4289
+ ]
3350
4290
  },
3351
4291
  {
3352
4292
  "name": "Sphinx Summoner",
@@ -3374,7 +4314,13 @@
3374
4314
  "loyalty": null,
3375
4315
  "multiverse_id": 189079,
3376
4316
  "other_part": null,
3377
- "color_indicator": null
4317
+ "color_indicator": null,
4318
+ "rulings": [
4319
+ {
4320
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4321
+ "text": "The card you find must be both an artifact and a creature."
4322
+ }
4323
+ ]
3378
4324
  },
3379
4325
  {
3380
4326
  "name": "Suicidal Charge",
@@ -3398,7 +4344,13 @@
3398
4344
  "loyalty": null,
3399
4345
  "multiverse_id": 180345,
3400
4346
  "other_part": null,
3401
- "color_indicator": null
4347
+ "color_indicator": null,
4348
+ "rulings": [
4349
+ {
4350
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4351
+ "text": "Suicidal Charge’s ability affects only the creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. If another creature comes under the control of one of those players by the time that turn’s combat step begins, it won’t have to attack."
4352
+ }
4353
+ ]
3402
4354
  },
3403
4355
  {
3404
4356
  "name": "Vagrant Plowbeasts",
@@ -3424,7 +4376,13 @@
3424
4376
  "loyalty": null,
3425
4377
  "multiverse_id": 180344,
3426
4378
  "other_part": null,
3427
- "color_indicator": null
4379
+ "color_indicator": null,
4380
+ "rulings": [
4381
+ {
4382
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4383
+ "text": "This ability checks the targeted creature’s power only at the time the ability is activated and at the time it resolves. The regeneration shield it creates will work no matter what that creature’s power is at the time it would be destroyed."
4384
+ }
4385
+ ]
3428
4386
  },
3429
4387
  {
3430
4388
  "name": "Valeron Outlander",
@@ -3451,7 +4409,8 @@
3451
4409
  "loyalty": null,
3452
4410
  "multiverse_id": 185144,
3453
4411
  "other_part": null,
3454
- "color_indicator": null
4412
+ "color_indicator": null,
4413
+ "rulings": []
3455
4414
  },
3456
4415
  {
3457
4416
  "name": "Vectis Agents",
@@ -3479,7 +4438,8 @@
3479
4438
  "loyalty": null,
3480
4439
  "multiverse_id": 183063,
3481
4440
  "other_part": null,
3482
- "color_indicator": null
4441
+ "color_indicator": null,
4442
+ "rulings": []
3483
4443
  },
3484
4444
  {
3485
4445
  "name": "Vedalken Outlander",
@@ -3507,7 +4467,8 @@
3507
4467
  "loyalty": null,
3508
4468
  "multiverse_id": 185141,
3509
4469
  "other_part": null,
3510
- "color_indicator": null
4470
+ "color_indicator": null,
4471
+ "rulings": []
3511
4472
  },
3512
4473
  {
3513
4474
  "name": "Zombie Outlander",
@@ -3534,7 +4495,8 @@
3534
4495
  "loyalty": null,
3535
4496
  "multiverse_id": 185138,
3536
4497
  "other_part": null,
3537
- "color_indicator": null
4498
+ "color_indicator": null,
4499
+ "rulings": []
3538
4500
  },
3539
4501
  {
3540
4502
  "name": "Armillary Sphere",
@@ -3558,7 +4520,8 @@
3558
4520
  "loyalty": null,
3559
4521
  "multiverse_id": 137936,
3560
4522
  "other_part": null,
3561
- "color_indicator": null
4523
+ "color_indicator": null,
4524
+ "rulings": []
3562
4525
  },
3563
4526
  {
3564
4527
  "name": "Bone Saw",
@@ -3585,7 +4548,8 @@
3585
4548
  "loyalty": null,
3586
4549
  "multiverse_id": 189270,
3587
4550
  "other_part": null,
3588
- "color_indicator": null
4551
+ "color_indicator": null,
4552
+ "rulings": []
3589
4553
  },
3590
4554
  {
3591
4555
  "name": "Font of Mythos",
@@ -3609,7 +4573,13 @@
3609
4573
  "loyalty": null,
3610
4574
  "multiverse_id": 189147,
3611
4575
  "other_part": null,
3612
- "color_indicator": null
4576
+ "color_indicator": null,
4577
+ "rulings": [
4578
+ {
4579
+ "date": "4/15/2013",
4580
+ "text": "The triggered ability is put onto the stack after you have already drawn your card for the turn."
4581
+ }
4582
+ ]
3613
4583
  },
3614
4584
  {
3615
4585
  "name": "Kaleidostone",
@@ -3634,7 +4604,8 @@
3634
4604
  "loyalty": null,
3635
4605
  "multiverse_id": 189272,
3636
4606
  "other_part": null,
3637
- "color_indicator": null
4607
+ "color_indicator": null,
4608
+ "rulings": []
3638
4609
  },
3639
4610
  {
3640
4611
  "name": "Mana Cylix",
@@ -3658,7 +4629,8 @@
3658
4629
  "loyalty": null,
3659
4630
  "multiverse_id": 189269,
3660
4631
  "other_part": null,
3661
- "color_indicator": null
4632
+ "color_indicator": null,
4633
+ "rulings": []
3662
4634
  },
3663
4635
  {
3664
4636
  "name": "Manaforce Mace",
@@ -3685,7 +4657,21 @@
3685
4657
  "loyalty": null,
3686
4658
  "multiverse_id": 180159,
3687
4659
  "other_part": null,
3688
- "color_indicator": null
4660
+ "color_indicator": null,
4661
+ "rulings": [
4662
+ {
4663
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4664
+ "text": "To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look at the lands you have on the battlefield and ask yourself whether the subtypes Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest appear within that group. The number of times you say yes (topping out at five) tells you how powerful your domain abilities will be."
4665
+ },
4666
+ {
4667
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4668
+ "text": "How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests is the same as one Forest."
4669
+ },
4670
+ {
4671
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4672
+ "text": "A number of nonbasic lands have basic land types. Domain abilities don’t count the number of lands you control — they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, an Overgrown Tomb, and a Madblind Mountain, you’ll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out."
4673
+ }
4674
+ ]
3689
4675
  },
3690
4676
  {
3691
4677
  "name": "Obelisk of Alara",
@@ -3713,7 +4699,8 @@
3713
4699
  "loyalty": null,
3714
4700
  "multiverse_id": 183018,
3715
4701
  "other_part": null,
3716
- "color_indicator": null
4702
+ "color_indicator": null,
4703
+ "rulings": []
3717
4704
  },
3718
4705
  {
3719
4706
  "name": "Ancient Ziggurat",
@@ -3737,7 +4724,17 @@
3737
4724
  "loyalty": null,
3738
4725
  "multiverse_id": 189271,
3739
4726
  "other_part": null,
3740
- "color_indicator": null
4727
+ "color_indicator": null,
4728
+ "rulings": [
4729
+ {
4730
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4731
+ "text": "Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can be spent on any part of a creature spell’s total cost. This includes additional costs (such as kicker) and alternative costs (such as evoke or Worldheart Phoenix’s alternative cost)."
4732
+ },
4733
+ {
4734
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4735
+ "text": "Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can’t be spent on activated abilities that put a creature card directly onto the battlefield, such as unearth or ninjutsu."
4736
+ }
4737
+ ]
3741
4738
  },
3742
4739
  {
3743
4740
  "name": "Exotic Orchard",
@@ -3761,7 +4758,29 @@
3761
4758
  "loyalty": null,
3762
4759
  "multiverse_id": 189273,
3763
4760
  "other_part": null,
3764
- "color_indicator": null
4761
+ "color_indicator": null,
4762
+ "rulings": [
4763
+ {
4764
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4765
+ "text": "The colors of mana are white, blue, black, red, and green. Exotic Orchard can’t be tapped for colorless mana, even if a land an opponent controls could produce colorless mana."
4766
+ },
4767
+ {
4768
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4769
+ "text": "Exotic Orchard checks the effects of all mana-producing abilities of lands your opponents control, but it doesn’t check their costs. For example, Vivid Crag has the ability “{T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Crag: Add one mana of any color.” If an opponent controls Vivid Crag and you control Exotic Orchard, you can tap Exotic Orchard for any color of mana. It doesn’t matter whether Vivid Crag has a charge counter on it, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s untapped."
4770
+ },
4771
+ {
4772
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4773
+ "text": "When determining what colors of mana your opponents’ lands could produce, Exotic Orchard takes into account any applicable replacement effects that would apply to those lands’ mana abilities (such as Contamination’s effect, for example). If there are more than one, consider them in any possible order."
4774
+ },
4775
+ {
4776
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4777
+ "text": "Exotic Orchard doesn’t care about any restrictions or riders your opponents’ lands (such as Ancient Ziggurat or Hall of the Bandit Lord) put on the mana they produce. It just cares about colors of mana."
4778
+ },
4779
+ {
4780
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4781
+ "text": "Lands that produce mana based only on what other lands “could produce” won’t help each other unless some other land allows one of them to actually produce some type of mana. For example, if you control an Exotic Orchard and your opponent controls an Exotic Orchard and a Reflecting Pool, none of those lands would produce mana if their mana abilities were activated. On the other hand, if you control a Forest and an Exotic Orchard, and your opponent controls an Exotic Orchard and a Reflecting Pool, then each of those lands can be tapped to produce {G}. Your opponent’s Exotic Orchard can produce {G} because you control a Forest. Your Exotic Orchard and your opponent’s Reflecting Pool can each produce {G} because your opponent’s Exotic Orchard can produce {G}."
4782
+ }
4783
+ ]
3765
4784
  },
3766
4785
  {
3767
4786
  "name": "Reliquary Tower",
@@ -3786,7 +4805,13 @@
3786
4805
  "loyalty": null,
3787
4806
  "multiverse_id": 150807,
3788
4807
  "other_part": null,
3789
- "color_indicator": null
4808
+ "color_indicator": null,
4809
+ "rulings": [
4810
+ {
4811
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4812
+ "text": "If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then put Reliquary Tower onto the battlefield, you’ll have no maximum hand size. However, if those permanents enter the battlefield in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two."
4813
+ }
4814
+ ]
3790
4815
  },
3791
4816
  {
3792
4817
  "name": "Rupture Spire",
@@ -3812,7 +4837,8 @@
3812
4837
  "loyalty": null,
3813
4838
  "multiverse_id": 142301,
3814
4839
  "other_part": null,
3815
- "color_indicator": null
4840
+ "color_indicator": null,
4841
+ "rulings": []
3816
4842
  },
3817
4843
  {
3818
4844
  "name": "Unstable Frontier",
@@ -3837,6 +4863,16 @@
3837
4863
  "loyalty": null,
3838
4864
  "multiverse_id": 189078,
3839
4865
  "other_part": null,
3840
- "color_indicator": null
4866
+ "color_indicator": null,
4867
+ "rulings": [
4868
+ {
4869
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4870
+ "text": "You choose a basic land type as the ability resolves."
4871
+ },
4872
+ {
4873
+ "date": "2/1/2009",
4874
+ "text": "The affected land loses its existing land types and any abilities printed on it. It becomes the chosen basic land type and now has the ability to tap to add one mana of the appropriate color to your mana pool. Unstable Frontier’s ability doesn’t change the affected land’s name or whether it’s legendary or basic."
4875
+ }
4876
+ ]
3841
4877
  }
3842
4878
  ]