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Rules text defines a card's abilities.

Rules text is contained within the text box of a card and is not italicized like reminder text or flavor text.

"Trinket text" is rules text on a card that is more for flavor than mechanics.^[1]

Card	Trinket text	Notes
Eye Gouge	If it’s a Cyclops, destroy it.	Cyclopses only have one eye.
Gingerbrute	Except by creatures with haste.	"You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
Hour of Devastation	Non-Bolas.	Bolas's finest hour.
Hundred-Handed One	It can block an additional ninety-nine creatures each combat.	Making it a hundred.
Juggernaut	Can't be blocked by walls.	A juggernaut is unstoppable and breaks through walls.
Pyrophobia	Cowards can’t block this turn.	They fear fire.
Vindictive Mob	Can't be blocked by saprolings.^[2]^[3]	Torches burn saprolings down.
Walk the Plank	Non-Merfolk creature	Merfolk can breathe underwater.

Main article: Text-changing effect

The keyword ability Cleave, introduced in Innistrad: Crimson Vow, can remove parts of the rules text of the card that features Cleave.

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

Rules Text: A characteristic that defines a card’s abilities. See rule 207.1.

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 |A juggernaut is unstoppable and breaks through [[wall]]s.
 |-
-|[https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/141/pyrophobia Pyrophobia]
+|<c>Pyrophobia</c>
 |Cowards can’t block this turn.
 |They fear fire.
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 |<c>Walk the Plank</c>
 |Non-Merfolk creature
-|[[Merfolk]] can breath under water.
+|[[Merfolk]] can breathe underwater.
 |}