MAGIC RULES CHANGE

It has been announced today by Wizards of the Coast that there will be a few rule changes going into effect on July 22, 2016. If you want to see the full tournament rules, you can click here to see and download them as a pdf file. Be sure to have the proper program to open and view the file.

Some of the rule changes are as follows:

• Grand Prix Trials are now run at Regular REL. They still require a certified (Level 1 or higher) judge, but whether or not decklists are required is at the discretion of the judge and tournament organizer. Since they are now run at Regular REL, they’re run under the Judging at Regular REL document and not the Infraction Procedure Guide, meaning that tracked penalties generally won’t be a thing at GPTs anymore.
• Players are now required to sort cards during pool registration for limited events.
• Players can no longer look at an opponent’s sideboard for any reason if they’re controlling that player.

Hope this will help your future rulings understanding for the future events you may attend to play. 

In other news, as far as the ban and restricted list go, there will be no changes.

How do you feel about the rule change?  Will it affect your gameplay? Does it not bother you so much, because the rule change may have minimum impact?



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