{"id":2637,"date":"2026-09-12T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2026-09-12T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:01:32","slug":"pra-msh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/pra-msh\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Amendments to the Rules Update for Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Originally published on 2026-09-12; last reviewed on 2026-09-12; last updated on 2026-09-12)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each new set release, Wizards of the Coast update the Comprehensive Rules (CR) and the Oracle text of any number of cards. These updates include support for new mechanics, error fixes, and improvements to the wording of rules and cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my unofficial update bulletin<\/a>, I list the changes made by the Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes<\/em> update and point out issues I perceive as inelegant, unintuitive, or even faulty. Which gives the bulletin a rather negative outline, even when I factor in the things I point out as laudable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This shouldn\u2019t be seen as a slight against Wizards of the Coast or their rules team though; we just have different visions for Magic<\/em>\u2019s rules system. In my mind, the rules system should strive for intuitiveness, consistency, and completeness; and while the system has never truly met these lofty goals, Wizards of the Coast shared this vision for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a few years now, Wizards of the Coast\u2019s design goal for the rules system is . . . something different. I don\u2019t know what it is; I only know that it isn\u2019t intuitiveness, consistency, or completeness anymore, as evidenced by their rules updates. While this may seem like a dangerous course of action for the game\u2019s long-term success, I trust that Wizards of the Coast don\u2019t undermine their game in this way<\/a> and I remain content in the knowledge that I simply lack the intelligence and insight to recognize their grand vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until they reveal their plans in an appropriately dramatic fashion, I continue to cling to my old-fashioned goal of an elegant rules system. But complaining is cheap and gets old very fast, so at some point, I started to wonder what the rules might look like had they been written with the three classic goals in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of my musings are the Potential Rules Amendments, a counterpoint to the Unofficial Update Bulletins<\/a>. What I criticize in my bulletins, I reenvision in the amendments. Where the bulletins ask questions, the amendments give an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each section briefly recounts issues presented in my bulletin, as well as older and somewhat related issues, and what the outcome for those issues should be; I then discuss what the Comprehensive Rules and Oracle would need to consider to achieve the desired outcomes; finally, I present a sample implementation based on that discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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