Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has released a series of updates, changes, and new additions for rules and Oracle text affected by the release of Zendikar Rising.
Key Rules Changes
- 111.11: “Tokens that enter the battlefield as a result of a copy of a permanent spell resolving… are not ‘created,’ so they won’t interact with cards that care about creating a token…” IE Doubling Season.
- 120.9: “If a trigger condition specified damage dealt by a specific source or sources, later instances of ‘that damage’ refer only to the damage dealt by those sources and not to other damage dealt at the same time.” This is related to Anowon, the Ruin Thief milling cards “…equal to the combat damage dealt by the Rogues, not by your non-Rogues.”
- 701.37: Effects that instruct a player to meld objects that can’t be melded stay in their current zone. This rule applies to “token copies of meld cards trying to meld.”
- 711: “There are now two kinds of double-faced cards: transforming double-faced cards and the new modal double-faced cards.” “Transforming double-faced cards are the only cards that can transform on the battlefield or enter the battlefield transformed. Modal double-faced cards are the only cards that be played or cast with either face up.”
- 202.3a–b: This rule addresses “how the converted mana cost of a double-faced permanent is calculated.” “The converted mana cost of a modal double-faced permanent is determined using the mana cost of the face that’s up.”
- 713: Checklist cards have been renamed to “Substitute cards”.
Oracle Updates
Spawnsire of Ulamog
Previous wording:
Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent.)
{4}: Create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have “Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}.”
{20}: Cast any number of Eldrazi cards from among cards you own outside the game without paying their mana costs.
New wording:
Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent.)
{4}: Create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have “Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}.”
{20}: Cast any number of Eldrazi spells from among cards you own outside the game without paying their mana costs.
Wildfire Cerberus
Previous wording:
{5}{R}{R}: Monstrosity 1. (If this creature isn’t monstrous, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When Wildfire Cerberus becomes monstrous, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature your opponents control.
New wording:
{5}{R}{R}: Monstrosity 1. (If this creature isn’t monstrous, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When Wildfire Cerberus becomes monstrous, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control.
Burning Wish
Previous wording:
You may choose a sorcery card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.
New wording:
You may reveal a sorcery card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.
Read the original article from Wizards of the Coast.