302. Creatures

Rules in this chapter

• 302.1 Creatures A player who has priority may cast a creature card from their hand during a main phase of their turn when the stack is empty. Casting a creature as a spell uses the stack. (See…
• 302.2 Creatures When a creature spell resolves, its controller puts it onto the battlefield under their control.
• 302.3 Creatures Creature subtypes are usually a single word long and are listed after a long dash: “Creature — Human Soldier,” “Artifact Creature — Golem,” and so on. Creature subtypes are also…
• 302.4 Creatures Power and toughness are characteristics only creatures have.
• 302.5 Creatures Creatures can attack and block. (See rule 508, “Declare Attackers Step,” and rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step.”)
• 302.6 Creatures A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol or the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control…
• 302.7 Creatures Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect is marked on that creature (see rule 120.3). If the total damage marked on that creature is greater than or…