Rule Changes

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Straight from Matt Taback's (rules manager) Tumblr:
"Is there any rule that you wish to change but haven't had the opportunity?

Well there are some changes in the pipeline. Not everything is put into the first available set."

What do you guys think it is? What could they be changing?

[rarehuntertay]

Bring back mana burn!!!
And combat damage using the stack!

[Millionlittlee]

Bring back mana burn!!!
And combat damage using the stack!

Mana burn is ok but damage using the stack doesn't make sense

[particle]

Straight from Matt Taback's (rules manager) Tumblr:
"Is there any rule that you wish to change but haven't had the opportunity?

Well there are some changes in the pipeline. Not everything is put into the first available set."

What do you guys think it is? What could they be changing?

i bet its just small things like "base power and toughness",  i doubt anything significant is coming soon.

[rarehuntertay]

Bring back mana burn!!!
And combat damage using the stack!

Mana burn is ok but damage using the stack doesn't make sense

That's the way it used to be...

[The1337Magician]

Bring back mana burn!!!
And combat damage using the stack!

Mana burn is ok but damage using the stack doesn't make sense

That's the way it used to be...

But they changed it because it didn't make sense.

[Millionlittlee]

I bet they're gonna make morph use the stack

I don't think so or else they would have done so when they rerelease morphs

[DimirOverlord1300]

"Not everything is done in the first available set" was the direct quote, that means the first available set..being Khans, meaning that they could change the rules in the second one.

I think that probably meant they wouldn't change it as soon as they could , they'd change it as soon as it would be relevant

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

I love the idea of bringing back damage on the stack. Honestly, it makes more sense than the "everything sort of happens at the same time, except sometimes it doesn't with certain abilities that are worded in certain ways."

[particle]

Yeah good point. Never thought of that. Maybe they're going to make Buried a thing once again

but thats not really changing the rules, just the wording. cards with "buried" still exist, they have just been erratted to "destroyed and cant be regenerated."

[InfinitiveDivinity]

Rule changes... hmmm. Maybe they're gonna change some rulings with commanders, such as making the command zone a reachable thing. Perhaps it's gonna be a change to combat infinite combos

Your ahead, barely. Stop while you can.

[Remillo]

A lot of the time, it's just updating old rules, which they don't often do until it becomes relevant.  Take a look at Delve.  It used to be a cost reduction, but now it's a form of mana payment.  'First Set' just means they don't change it in the very next set after they've okayed the change, but when it makes sense.

[Dudecore]

Rules update is going to be shortcutting names of Planeswalkers so that "Ugin, the Spirit Dragon" can say "Ugin deals 3 damage to target creature or player"

Or change the penalty for not revealing Morph cards once the match is over. Many many match loses have been handed out for what everyone can basically agree is stupid.

[Dudecore]

Rule changes... hmmm. Maybe they're gonna change some rulings with commanders, such as making the command zone a reachable thing. Perhaps it's gonna be a change to combat infinite combos

I can see {AWOL} being black boarder if this happens. What do you do with permanents removed from the Command Zone?

Touching the Command Zone is bad for the game. I do not recommend this course of action

[Ekann1]

Or change the penalty for not revealing Morph cards once the match is over. Many many match loses have been handed out for what everyone can basically agree is stupid.

That's the penalty for not revealing at the end of a game?!?