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Historical Rules · 19 September 2025

Rule 211.1

Official source text from the 19 September 2025 Rules release

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Each vanguard card has a hand modifier printed in its lower left corner. This is a number preceded by a plus sign, a number preceded by a minus sign, or a zero. This modifier is applied as the starting hand size and the maximum hand size of the vanguard card’s owner are determined. See rule 103.5.

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