Rules Lawyer
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The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) #7 · Illustrated by Sean Murray
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Oracle text
State-based actions don't apply to you or other permanents you control. (You don't lose the game due to having 0 or less life or drawing from an empty library. Your creatures aren't destroyed due to damage or deathtouch and aren't put into a graveyard due to having 0 or less toughness. Your planeswalkers aren't put into a graveyard if they have 0 loyalty. You don't put a legendary permanent into a graveyard if you control two with the same name. Counters aren't removed from your permanents due to game rules. Permanents you control attached or combined illegally remain on the battlefield. For complete rules and regulations, see rule 704.)
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Format legality
All 3 printings of Rules Lawyer
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) ulst #7· 2022rare | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.43 | — | |
 Unstable ust #20· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.33 · €0.58 foil | rare | $0.36 | $0.57 | €0.33€0.58 foil | |
 Judge Gift Cards 2017 j17 #9· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €5.52 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $13.06 | €5.52 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 5
- Artists
- Sean Murray, Dmitry Burmak
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) card (#7).
7 · R · EN
- 7Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
- ★Foil. On foil cards a star replaces the dot between the set code and the language code.
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Rulings (28)
January 24, 2025
Creatures you control that have been dealt lethal damage remain on the battlefield. (704.5g)
January 24, 2025
A creature with toughness 0 or less can still attack and block. If it blocks an attacking creature with trample, treat its toughness as 0 when determining how to assign combat damage.
January 24, 2025
Equipment and Fortifications you control can stay attached to an illegal permanent. (704.5n)
January 24, 2025
Battles you control with no player in the game designated as their protector do not get a new protector. In this state, they'll be impossible to attack. Even Rules Lawyer has weaknesses. (704.5w)
January 24, 2025
Battles you control with no defense counters aren't put into their owners' graveyards. Given the intrinsic ability of Sieges (310.11b), this is unlikely to come up often. (704.5v)
January 24, 2025
Auras you control stay on the battlefield if they're attached to an illegal permanent or if they aren't attached to a permanent (but should be). They may not do much because there probably won't be an "enchanted [whatever]," but they'll stay on the battlefield! (704.5m) Similarly, thanks to an unlisted silver-bordered state-based action no longer applying, your creatures with augment can now survive even if not attached to a host. If this happens, its power and toughness are 0/0. (704.5m)
January 24, 2025
Because Rules Lawyer applies only to you and other permanents you control, tokens that leave the battlefield will continue to cease to exist. This is also true for copies of cards that might exist off the battlefield.
January 24, 2025
Creatures you control with toughness of 0 or less remain on the battlefield. (704.5f)
January 24, 2025
You can control as many legendary permanents (including planeswalkers) with the same name as you want. It's like your own personal Mirror Gallery! (704.5j)
January 24, 2025
You won't choose sector designations for creatures that don't already have them if a permanent with space sculptor is on the battlefield. If this comes up, it'll be a true galaxy brain moment. (704.5u)
January 24, 2025
Rules Lawyer's ability doesn't apply to itself. It can die for any number of reasons. If you're at 0 or less life and you lose control of Rules Lawyer, you'll immediately lose the game.
January 24, 2025
In Commander, you're immune to the "commander damage rule" that says you lose if a single commander deals 21 or more combat damage to you. (704.6d)
January 24, 2025
Your planeswalkers remain on the battlefield even if they have no loyalty counters. (704.5i)
January 24, 2025
You can control multiple permanents with the supertype world. So, that opens up some deck ideas, I'd imagine. (704.5k)
January 24, 2025
While you control Rules Lawyer, the following is true, with the exception of not affecting Rules Lawyer itself (Comprehensive Rules references as of this writing in parentheses; check out all of 704.5 and 704.6 for anything that's been added, changed, or moved since then):
January 24, 2025
If you somehow control a battle or creature that's attached to another permanent, that battle or creature can stay attached. If it's a creature, it can attack and block, even if another creature is carrying it. Similarly, if you control a permanent that isn't an Aura, an Equipment, or a Fortification, it can stay attached to whatever you manage to get it attached to. Strange. (704.5p)
January 24, 2025
Your Two-Headed Giant team can no longer lose because you have 0 or less life or fifteen or more poison counters. (704.6as and 704.6b)
January 24, 2025
If you try to draw from an empty library, nothing happens. (704.5b)
January 24, 2025
+1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on permanents you control no longer annihilate each other. (704.5q)
January 24, 2025
Creatures you control shrug off opposing creatures with deathtouch. (704.5h)
January 24, 2025
Planeswalkers with no loyalty counters and battles with no defense counters can still be attacked. Hopefully your opponents think this sounds fun and cool.
January 24, 2025
Creatures can have as many Roles you control as you want attached to them. The casting director's job has never been easier. (704.5y)
January 24, 2025
Any ability that says a player wins or loses the game still works.
January 24, 2025
Good news for Rasputin Dreamweaver fans: you can ignore abilities of permanents you control that say it can't have more than a certain number of a certain kind of counter. (704.5r)
January 24, 2025
You could hit up an all-you-can-eat poison counter buffet no problem. (704.5c)
January 24, 2025
You don't lose the game if you're at or below 0 life. (704.5a)
January 24, 2025
If you control a Siege and you're also its protector, you'll continue to be its protector. Good luck attacking it. (704.5x)
January 24, 2025
Sagas you control aren't sacrificed when they have more lore counters than chapter abilities, even if their final chapter ability isn't on the stack. Have fun stacking up lore counters! (704.5s)
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