
- •Introduction
- •1. Game Concepts
- •100. General
- •101. The Magic Golden Rules
- •102. Players
- •103. Starting the Game
- •104. Ending the Game
- •105. Colors
- •106. Mana
- •107. Numbers and Symbols
- •108. Cards
- •109. Objects
- •110. Permanents
- •111. Spells
- •112. Abilities
- •113. Emblems
- •114. Targets
- •115. Special Actions
- •116. Timing and Priority
- •117. Costs
- •118. Life
- •119. Damage
- •120. Drawing a Card
- •121. Counters
- •2. Parts of a Card
- •200. General
- •201. Name
- •202. Mana Cost and Color
- •203. Illustration
- •204. Color Indicator
- •205. Type Line
- •205.2. Card Types
- •206. Expansion Symbol
- •207. Text Box
- •208. Power/Toughness
- •209. Loyalty
- •210. Hand Modifier
- •211. Life Modifier
- •212. Information Below the Text Box
- •3. Card Types
- •300. General
- •301. Artifacts
- •302. Creatures
- •303. Enchantments
- •304. Instants
- •305. Lands
- •306. Planeswalkers
- •307. Sorceries
- •308. Tribals
- •309. Planes
- •310. Phenomena
- •311. Vanguards
- •312. Schemes
- •4. Zones
- •400. General
- •401. Library
- •402. Hand
- •403. Battlefield
- •404. Graveyard
- •405. Stack
- •406. Exile
- •407. Ante
- •408. Command
- •5. Turn Structure
- •500. General
- •501. Beginning Phase
- •502. Untap Step
- •503. Upkeep Step
- •504. Draw Step
- •505. Main Phase
- •506. Combat Phase
- •507. Beginning of Combat Step
- •508. Declare Attackers Step
- •509. Declare Blockers Step
- •510. Combat Damage Step
- •511. End of Combat Step
- •512. Ending Phase
- •513. End Step
- •514. Cleanup Step
- •6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
- •600. General
- •601. Casting Spells
- •602. Activating Activated Abilities
- •603. Handling Triggered Abilities
- •604. Handling Static Abilities
- •605. Mana Abilities
- •606. Loyalty Abilities
- •607. Linked Abilities
- •608. Resolving Spells and Abilities
- •609. Effects
- •611. Continuous Effects
- •612. Text-Changing Effects
- •613. Interaction of Continuous Effects
- •614. Replacement Effects
- •615. Prevention Effects
- •616. Interaction of Replacement and/or Prevention Effects
- •7. Additional Rules
- •700. General
- •701. Keyword Actions
- •701.9. Exile
- •702. Keyword Abilities
- •703. Turn-Based Actions
- •704. State-Based Actions
- •705. Flipping a Coin
- •706. Copying Objects
- •707. Face-Down Spells and Permanents
- •708. Split Cards
- •709. Flip Cards
- •710. Leveler Cards
- •711. Double-Faced Cards
- •712. Controlling Another Player
- •713. Ending the Turn
- •714. Restarting the Game
- •715. Subgames
- •716. Taking Shortcuts
- •717. Handling Illegal Actions
- •8. Multiplayer Rules
- •800. General
- •801. Limited Range of Influence Option
- •802. Attack Multiple Players Option
- •803. Attack Left and Attack Right Options
- •804. Deploy Creatures Option
- •805. Shared Team Turns Option
- •806. Free-for-All Variant
- •807. Grand Melee Variant
- •808. Team vs. Team Variant
- •809. Emperor Variant
- •811. Alternating Teams Variant
- •9. Casual Variants
- •900. General
- •901. Planechase
- •902. Vanguard
- •903. Commander
- •904. Archenemy
- •Illustration
- •Vanguard
- •Vanishing
- •Variant
- •Vigilance
511. End of Combat Step
511.1. First, all “at end of combat” abilities trigger and go on the stack. (See rule 603, “Handling Triggered Abilities.”)
511.2. Second, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities.
511.3. As soon as the end of combat step ends, all creatures and planeswalkers are removed from combat. After the end of combat step ends, the combat phase is over and the postcombat main phase begins (see rule 505).
512. Ending Phase
512.1. The ending phase consists of two steps: end and cleanup.
513. End Step
513.1. First, all abilities that trigger “at the beginning of the end step” or “at the beginning of the next end step” go on the stack. (See rule 603, “Handling Triggered Abilities.”)
513.1a Previously, abilities that trigger at the beginning of the end step were printed with the trigger condition “at end of turn.” Cards that were printed with that text have received errata in the Oracle card reference to say “at the beginning of the end step” or “at the beginning of the next end step.”
513.2. Second, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities.
513.3. If a permanent with an ability that triggers “at the beginning of the end step” enters the battlefield during this step, that ability won’t trigger until the next turn’s end step. Likewise, if a delayed triggered ability that triggers “at the beginning of the next end step” is created during this step, that ability won’t trigger until the next turn’s end step. In other words, the step doesn’t “back up” so those abilities can go on the stack. This rule applies only to triggered abilities; it doesn’t apply to continuous effects whose durations say “until end of turn” or “this turn.” (See rule 514, “Cleanup Step.”)
514. Cleanup Step
514.1. First, if the active player’s hand contains more cards than his or her maximum hand size (normally seven), he or she discards enough cards to reduce his or her hand size to that number. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack.
514.2. Second, the following actions happen simultaneously: all damage marked on permanents (including phased-out permanents) is removed and all “until end of turn” and “this turn” effects end. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack.
514.3. Normally, no player receives priority during the cleanup step, so no spells can be cast and no abilities can be activated. However, this rule is subject to the following exception:
514.3a At this point, the game checks to see if any state-based actions would be performed and/or any triggered abilities are waiting to be put onto the stack (including those that trigger “at the beginning of the next cleanup step”). If so, those state-based actions are performed, then those triggered abilities are put on the stack, then the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities. Once the stack is empty and all players pass in succession, another cleanup step begins.
6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects