Rules text
Rules text defines a card's abilities.
Description
Rules text is contained within the text box of a card and is not italicized like reminder text or flavor text.
Trinket text
"Trinket text" is rules text on a card that is more for flavor than mechanics.[1]
Examples
| Card | Trinket text | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Baneslayer Angel | Protection from Demons and from Dragons.[2] | Fighting all sources of harm and ruin. |
| 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.[3][4] | Torches burn saprolings down. |
| Walk the Plank | Non-Merfolk creature | Merfolk can breathe underwater. |
Altering rules text
Removing rules text
The keyword ability Cleave, introduced in Innistrad: Crimson Vow, can remove parts of the rules text of the card that features Cleave.
Rules
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.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 13, 2016). "Where did the term "trinket text" come from?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 7, 2023). "What is trinket text?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 15, 2013). "How often in a set do you like to use trinket text?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 10, 2022). "Even More Words From R&D". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.