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Historical Rules · 27 February 2026

Rule 729.2e

Official source text from the 27 February 2026 Rules release

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If a merged permanent contains face-up and face-down components, the permanent’s status is determined by its topmost component. If a face-down permanent becomes a face-up permanent as a result of an object merging with it, other effects don’t count it as being turned face up.

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