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{{Update|Battlefield rules}}
A '''leaves-the-battlefield''' ability is a [[triggered ability]] that triggers when a [[permanent]] leaves the [[battlefield]]. Unlike most triggered abilities, the conditions for triggering a leaves-the-battlefield ability are checked based on the state of the game before the event happens, rather than afterwards. A permanent is considered to leave the battlefield when it ceases to exist because its owner leaves the game, unless it's [[phasing|phased out]].


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==Rules==
'''From the [[Comprehensive Rules]]'''
{{CR|glossary|Leaves the Battlefield}}
'''Leaves Play'''<br>
{{CR|603.6c}}
A permanent leaves play when it moves from the [[in play|in-play]] [[zone]] to any other zone (see rule 410.10c) or when its owner leaves the game (see rule 600.4a).
{{CR|603.6d}}
*If a [[token]] leaves play, it ceases to exist. This is a [[state-based effect]]. See rule 420.5.
*If a permanent leaves play and later returns to play, it’s treated as an entirely new permanent with no “memory” of anything from its former existence. ([[Phasing]] is an exception to this; see rule 502.15, “Phasing.” Permanents that phase out also don’t trigger any comes-into-play or leaves-play abilities.)
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Latest revision as of 12:12, 4 October 2023

A leaves-the-battlefield ability is a triggered ability that triggers when a permanent leaves the battlefield. Unlike most triggered abilities, the conditions for triggering a leaves-the-battlefield ability are checked based on the state of the game before the event happens, rather than afterwards. A permanent is considered to leave the battlefield when it ceases to exist because its owner leaves the game, unless it's phased out.

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

Leaves the Battlefield
A permanent “leaves the battlefield” when it’s moved from the battlefield to another zone, or (if it’s phased in) when it leaves the game because its owner leaves the game. See rules 603.6c and 603.10.

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

  • 603.6c Leaves-the-battlefield abilities trigger when a permanent moves from the battlefield to another zone, or when a phased-in permanent leaves the game because its owner leaves the game. These are written as, but aren’t limited to, “When [this object] leaves the battlefield, . . .” or “Whenever [something] is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, . . . .” (See also rule 603.10.) An ability that attempts to do something to the card that left the battlefield checks for it only in the first zone that it went to. An ability that triggers when a card is put into a certain zone “from anywhere” is never treated as a leaves-the-battlefield ability, even if an object is put into that zone from the battlefield.

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

  • 603.6d Some permanents have text that reads “[This permanent] enters the battlefield with . . . ,” “As [this permanent] enters the battlefield . . . ,” “[This permanent] enters the battlefield as . . . ,” or “[This permanent] enters the battlefield tapped.” Such text is a static ability—not a triggered ability—whose effect occurs as part of the event that puts the permanent onto the battlefield.