Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
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Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as and . These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
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For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
Buddy list (As this creature enters, if any of its creature types isn't on your buddy list, write one of them on your buddy list.)
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Champion of the Hareish if one of that creature's creature types is on your buddy list. Otherwise, write one of its creature types on your buddy list.
As each game begins, you have no buddies.
After you write a creature type on your buddy list, that creature type will be on your buddy list for the rest of the game.
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