407. Ante

Rules in this chapter

• 407.1 Ante Earlier versions of the Magic rules included an ante rule as a way of playing “for keeps.” Playing Magic games for ante is now considered an optional variation on the game, and…
• 407.2 Ante When playing for ante, each player puts one random card from their deck into the ante zone after determining which player goes first but before players draw any cards. Cards in…
• 407.3 Ante A few cards have the text “Remove this card from your deck before playing if you’re not playing for ante.” These are the only cards that can add or remove cards from the ante zone…
• 407.4 Ante To ante an object is to put that object into the ante zone from whichever zone it’s currently in. The owner of an object is the only player who can ante that object.