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| The '''Comprehensive Rules''' are designed to be the end-all, be-all of the Magic rules. In this mighty tome everything from [[Banding]] to the layering of continuous effects is described and explained. As [[Wizards of the Coast]] warns, this is not for the faint of heart. While ''all'' the rules for Magic are in the Comprehensive Rules, they're not meant for everyday use; rather, for specific cases during competitive games. In most ordinary situations, the basic rulebook is sufficient.
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| When making a reference to a specific rule the clearest way to do it is as follows [CR <rule>]. An example, if someone explains [[Mana|Mana Abilities]] and ends his or her explanation with [CR 406.1], then he makes a reference to rule 406.1 which states:
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| <blockquote>'''CR 406.1'''
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| *A mana ability is either (a) an activated ability that could put mana into a player's mana pool when it resolves or (b) a triggered ability that triggers from a mana ability and could produce additional mana. A mana ability can generate other effects at the same time it produces mana.</blockquote>
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| The Comprehensive Rules are available from [http://magic.wizards.com/en/gameinfo/gameplay/formats/comprehensiverules Wizards of the Coast] in TXT, PDF, and DOCX formats, and are 209 pages long. They are current as of March 27, 2015.
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| Rules are numbered, and many are divided into subrules. Subrules skip the lower-case letters 'l' and 'o', to avoid confusion with the numbers '1' and '0'. So, for example, 704.5k is followed by 704.5m, then 704.5n and 704.5p.
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| {{rules
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| | text ='''Index of the Comprehensive Rules''' ''(Included for reference)''
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| *1. '''Game Concepts'''
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| **100. [[General rules|General]]
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| **101. The [[Magic Golden Rules]]
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| **102. [[Player]]s
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| **103. [[Starting the game|Starting the Game]]
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| **104. [[Winning and losing|Ending the Game]]
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| **105. [[Colors (rules)|Colors]]
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| **106. [[Mana#Comprehensive_Rules|Mana]]
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| **107. [[Numbers and symbols|Numbers and Symbols]]
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| **108. [[Card]]s
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| **109. [[Object]]s
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| **110. [[Permanent]]s
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| **111. [[Spell]]s
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| **112. [[Ability|Abilities]]
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| **113. [[Emblem]]s
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| **114. [[Target]]s
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| **115. [[Special Action]]s
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| **116. [[Timing and Priority]]
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| **117. [[Cost]]s
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| **118. [[Life]]
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| **119. [[Damage]]
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| **120. [[Drawing a Card]]
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| **121. [[Counter (marker)|Counter]]s
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| *2. '''Parts of a Card'''
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| **200. [[General (parts of a card)|General]]
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| **201. [[Name]]
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| **202. [[Mana#Mana_Cost_and_Color|Mana Cost and Color]]
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| **203. [[Illustration]]
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| **204. [[Color indicator|Color Indicator]]
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| **205. [[Type line|Type Line]]
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| **206. [[Expansion symbol|Expansion Symbol]]
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| **207. [[Text box|Text Box]]
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| **208. [[Power/Toughness]]
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| **209. [[Loyalty]]
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| **210. [[Hand Modifier]]
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| **211. [[Life Modifier]]
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| **212. [[Information below the text box|Information Below the Text Box]]
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| *3. '''Card Types'''
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| **300. [[General (Card Types)|General]]
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| **301. [[Artifact]]s
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| **302. [[Creature]]s
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| **303. [[Enchantment]]s
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| **304. [[Instant]]s
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| **305. [[Land]]s
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| **306. [[Planeswalker]]s
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| **307. [[Sorcery|Sorceries]]
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| **308. [[Tribal]]s
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| **309. [[Plane]]s
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| **310. [[Phenomenon|Phenomena]]
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| **311. [[Vanguard#Comprehensive_rules|Vanguards]]
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| **312. [[Scheme]]s
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| **313. [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracies]]
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| *4. '''Zones'''
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| **400. [[General (Zones)|General]]
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| **401. [[Library]]
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| **402. [[Hand]]
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| **403. [[Battlefield]]
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| **404. [[Graveyard]]
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| **405. [[Stack]]
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| **406. [[Exile]]
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| **407. [[Ante]]
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| **408. [[Command zone|Command]]
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| *5. '''Turn Structure'''
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| **500. [[Turn structure|General]]
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| **501. [[Beginning Phase]]
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| **502. [[Untap Step]]
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| **503. [[Upkeep Step]]
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| **504. [[Draw Step]]
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| **505. [[Main Phase]]
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| **506. [[Combat Phase]]
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| **507. [[Beginning of Combat Step]]
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| **508. [[Declare Attackers Step]]
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| **509. [[Declare Blockers Step]]
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| **510. [[Combat Damage Step]]
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| **511. [[End of Combat Step]]
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| **512. [[End Phase|Ending Phase]]
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| **513. [[End of turn step|End Step]]
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| **514. [[Cleanup step|Cleanup Step]]
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| *6. '''Spells, Abilities, and Effects'''
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| **600. [[General (Effects)|General]]
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| **601. [[Casting Spells]]
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| **602. [[Activated ability|Activating Activated Abilities]]
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| **603. [[Triggered ability|Handling Triggered Abilities]]
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| **604. [[Static ability|Handling Static Abilities]]
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| **605. [[Mana Abilities]]
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| **606. [[Loyalty Ability|Loyalty Abilities]]
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| **607. [[Linked Abilities|Linked Abilities]]
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| **608. [[Resolving Spells and Abilities]]
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| **609. [[Effect]]s
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| **610. [[One-Shot Effects]]
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| **611. [[Continuous effects|Continuous Effects]]
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| **612. [[Text-Changing Effect]]s
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| **613. [[Interaction of Continuous Effects]]
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| **614. [[Replacement Effect]]s
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| **615. [[Prevention Effect]]s
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| **616. [[Interaction of Replacement and/or Prevention Effects]]
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| *7. '''Additional Rules'''
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| **700. [[General (Additional)|General]]
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| **701. [[Keyword actions|Keyword Actions]]
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| **702. [[Keyword|Keyword Abilities]]
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| **703. [[Turn-Based Action]]s
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| **704. [[State-based actions|State-Based Action]]s
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| **705. [[Flipping a coin|Flipping a Coin]]
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| **706. [[Copying objects|Copying Objects]]
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| **707. [[Face-Down Spells and Permanents]]
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| **708. [[Split cards|Split Cards]]
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| **709. [[Flip cards|Flip Cards]]
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| **710. [[Level up|Leveler Card]]s
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| **711. [[Double-faced cards|Double-Faced Card]]s
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| **712. [[Controlling another player|Controlling Another Player]]
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| **713. [[Ending the turn|Ending the Turn]]
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| **714. [[Restarting the Game]]
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| **715. [[Subgame]]s
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| **716. [[Shortcut|Taking Shortcuts]]
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| **717. [[Handling Illegal Actions]]
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| *8. '''Multiplayer Rules'''
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| **800. [[General (Multiplayer)|General]]
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| **801. [[Limited Range|Limited Range of Influence Option]]
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| **802. [[Attack Multiple Players|Attack Multiple Players Option]]
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| **803. [[Attack Left or Right|Attack Left and Attack Right Options]]
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| **804. [[Deploy Creatures|Deploy Creatures Option]]
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| **805. [[Shared Turns|Shared Team Turns Option]]
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| **806. [[Free-for-All|Free-for-All Variant]]
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| **807. [[Grand Melee|Grand Melee Variant]]
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| **808. [[Team vs. Team|Team vs. Team Variant]]
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| **809. [[Emperor|Emperor Variant]]
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| **810. [[Two-Headed Giant|Two-Headed Giant Variant]]
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| **811. [[Alternating Teams|Alternating Teams Variant]]
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| *9. '''Casual Variants'''
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| **900. [[Casual Variants|General]]
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| **901. [[Planechase (variant)|Planechase]]
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| **902. [[Vanguard]]
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| **903. [[Commander (format)|Commander]]
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| **904. [[Archenemy]]
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| **905. [[Conspiracy (format)|Conspiracy Draft]]
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| }}
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| The Comprehensive Rules ends with a [[Glossary]] of terms used in the document and on Magic cards throughout the game.
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| [[Category:Magic rules]]
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