Each face of a double-faced card that isn’t a meld card has its own set of characteristics. The front face of each meld card and the combined face formed by a meld pair each has its own set of characteristics.
April 14, 2023 · March of the Machine
Each face of a transforming or modal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics. The front face of each meld card and the combined face formed by a meld pair each has its own set of characteristics.
July 23, 2021 · Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
A player playing a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that’s a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, “Lands.”
May 3, 2019 · War of the Spark
A meld card enters the battlefield with its front face up unless it’s being melded with its counterpart.
January 25, 2019 · Ravnica Allegiance
A meld card enters the battlefield with its front face up unless it's being melded with its counterpart.
July 22, 2016 · Eldritch Moon
A meld card enters the battlefield with its front face up unless it’s being melded with its counterpart.
September 30, 2011 · Innistrad
A player who controls another player also continues to make his or her own choices and decisions.