List of obsolete terminology: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:14, 1 June 2017

Some types of cards, supertypes, subtypes or mechanics have been removed or changed either because of flavor reasons or rules modifications.

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Landhome is no longer a keyword, and its component rules are written out in full.
Substance was added to the Oracle text of certain older cards to preserve their functionality. Later rules updates made it unnecessary, and it was never printed.

Batches, replaced by the the stack.
Bury, replaced by destroy and sacrifice
Damage using the stack
Mana burn
Carrying mana over to an other phase
Phase abilities. Some older cards used the phrase “during [phase], [action]. Replaced with abilities that trigger at the beginning of a step or phase.
Phased-out zone, replaced with the phased-out status
Indestructible (as in "is indestructible"), became a keyword ability with the same name ("has indestructible").

"Caster", replaced by "controller"
"Casting cost", replaced by "mana cost"
"In-play zone", replaced by "battlefield"
- "Comes into play", replaced by "enters the battlefield"
- "Leaves play", replaced by "leaves the battlefield"
"Remove(d) from the game", replaced by "exile(d)".
"Unblockable", replaced by "can't be blocked".

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 * [[Damage]] using the [[stack]]
 * [[Mana burn]]
-* [[Mana cost]] [[symbol]]s {{Y}} and {{Z}}, only used in ''[[Unglued]]''
 * [[Mana pool|Carrying mana over to an other phase]]
 * Phase abilities. Some older cards used the phrase “during [phase], [action]. Replaced with abilities that trigger at the beginning of a step or phase.