History of CR 721.3

The text box striations have no game significance other than clearly demarcating which abilities and which power/toughness box are associated with which station symbol. Station cards each contain only one text box.

Only control of the player changes. All objects are controlled by their normal controllers. A player who’s being controlled during their turn is still the active player.

rule 721.3 not present in this release

Only one player can be the monarch at a time. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch ceases to be the monarch.

rule 721.3 not present in this release

Only one player can be the monarch at a time. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch ceases to be the monarch.

Only one player can have the initiative at a time. As a player takes the initiative, the player who currently has the initiative ceases to have it.

Because each player draws seven cards when the new game begins, any player with fewer than seven cards in their library will lose the game when state-based actions are checked during the upkeep step of the first turn, regardless of any mulligans that player takes. (See rule 704, “State-Based Actions.”)

If a merged permanent leaves the battlefield, one permanent leaves the battlefield and each of the individual components are put into the appropriate zone.

Sometimes a loop can be fragmented, meaning that each player involved in the loop performs an independent action that results in the same game state being reached multiple times. If that happens, the active player (or, if the active player is not involved in the loop, the first player in turn order who is involved) must then make a different game choice so the loop does not continue.

rule 721.3 not present in this release