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What is the new legendary rule?

The Legend Rule is how Magic balances the often powerful effects of a Legendary permanent. To put it simply, you can't control more than one Legendary permanent (land, creature, enchantment, artifact, or Planeswalker) with the same name at the same time.
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What is the legendary rule update MTG?

Legend rule. If a player controls two or more legendary permanents of the same name when state-based effects are checked, that player chooses one of those permanents and immediately puts the others into their owners' graveyards, without any player having an opportunity to respond.
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Does the legend rule apply in modern?

There are no special restrictions on the number of legendary creatures in a Constructed deck (Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage are Constructed formats). So the same four-copies rule as everything else. The "legend rule" applies to legendary permanents on the battlefield, and looks at the exact name of each card.
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What does the legend rule doesn't apply cards?

The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control. Each legendary creature you control gets +1/+1. Each nontoken creature you control gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with the same name as that creature.
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How do you get around the legend rule?

The only ways to get around the legend rule are if the creatures all have different names, or at most one of those with identical names is legendary.
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  1. Things that make non-legendary copies of a creature: o:"isn't legendary". ...
  2. Things that clone a creature with a different name**: o:copy o:"its name".
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Magic: The Gathering: Legend Rule

How does the legendary rule work?

The Legend Rule is how Magic balances the often powerful effects of a Legendary permanent. To put it simply, you can't control more than one Legendary permanent (land, creature, enchantment, artifact, or Planeswalker) with the same name at the same time.
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Can you respond to legend rule?

To clarify, the legend rule happens as a state based action. It happens before players get priority, and it cannot be responded to. You can't even tap two Urborgs for mana before they succumb to the legend rule.
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Does legend rule count as dying?

Yes. A creature dies when it moves from the battlefield to the graveyard, for any reason. As long as the creature goes directly to the graveyard, yes. "Dying" in Magic literally means "to go from the battlefield to the graveyard", how this happens is irrelevant.
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Does legend rule count as sacrifice?

No. The legend rule is a state-based action. The copy/copies you do not wish to keep will be placed into your graveyard (not sacrificed) before you get priority and can activate its ability.
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Does the legend rule apply to legendary lands?

Yes, the legendary rule applies to all legendary permanents including lands.
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When did the legend rule change?

The First Rule: 1994 to 2004

“Legends” were originally a creature type, just like merfolk and elves are creature types. That all changed when Champions of Kamigawa was released in October 2004, where “legends” went from being a creature type to a supertype.
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What Magic card removes the legendary rule?

Mirror Gallery removes the “Legend rule” while it's on the battlefield. If all Mirror Galleries leave the battlefield, the “Legend rule” will apply the next time state-based actions are performed.
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Can you have 2 legendary planeswalkers on the field?

There's no limit to the number of planeswalker permanents you can have in play! It may hurt your head trying to manage 100 passive and loyalty abilities, but that's completely fair game. The only restriction is that you can't have two copies of the exact same planeswalker card in play.
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What is Rule 119.8 MTG?

119.8 If an effect says that a player can't lose life, that player can't make an exchange such that the player's life total would become lower; in that case, the exchange won't happen.
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What is the longest effect in MTG?

It probably won't surprise you to learn that Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic has the most words in its effect text of any card in the game. Endymion's Pendulum effect alone has the most words of any Pendulum monster in the game.
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What will be the 100th MTG set?

Responding to Igosvse, Rosewater finally gave players an answer about what the 100th MTG set actually is. Stating, “that's my favorite answer, partly because it's not in the past. : )” Rosewater revealed that Quilting is the 100th Magic: the Gathering set.
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Can I sacrifice a creature before it dies?

Unfortunately, no. Creature death from 0 or less toughness is a state based action, and SBAs are checked and executed right before a player would get priority. You don't have the opportunity to do anything between the time Brain Weevil enters the battlefield and when it's put into the graveyard.
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Does the legend rule apply to Planeswalkers?

All planeswalkers have supertype "legendary" and are subject to the "legend rule". Planeswalkers with the same subtypes can exist under your control as long as they are not of the same name.
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Are all Planeswalkers considered legendary?

Alongside its new mechanic, Planeswalker cards, previously considered non-Legendary, were given an upgrade. All Planeswalker cards printed in Dominaria and any future sets are Legendary permanents.
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What is the rule 704.5 in magic?

704.5g If a creature has toughness greater than 0, it has damage marked on it, and the total damage marked on it is greater than or equal to its toughness, that creature has been dealt lethal damage and is destroyed.
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Does the legend rule apply to mutated creatures?

A mutated creature has the characteristics of whatever is on top of the pile. If a legendary creature is on top then the creature is legendary and affects other creatures via the legends rule.
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Can any legendary creature be a Commander?

Players may choose either a legendary creature, or a planeswalker that has an ability allowing it to be chosen as a commander. Players may choose a pair of them if each has the partner ability. In Brawl, any planeswalker can be designated as a commander.
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Can you tap before legend rule?

No, you cannot.

When the Legend Rule takes effect, I sacrifice the original Krenko. Since the Mimic comes in untapped, on my opponent's turn I tap it for the X tokens. My opponent takes and ends his turn.
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What is the legends sigma rule?

Sigma rule =legends never dies | Legend, Sigma, Rules.
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What is Rule 32 in League of Legends?

Rule 32 dictates that players must have gameplay footage and/or screenshots to back up any claim of impressive gameplay feats.
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