General Rulings - 302

• 302.1 - A player who has priority may cast a creature card from his or her hand during a main phase of his or her turn when the stack is empty. Casting a creature as a spell uses the stack. (See Rule 601, "Casting Spells.") [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.2 - When a creature spell resolves, its controller puts it onto the battlefield under his or her control. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.3 - Creature subtypes are always a single word and are listed after a long dash: "Creature -- Human Soldier," "Artifact Creature -- Golem," and so on. Creature subtypes are also called creature types. Creatures may have multiple subtypes. See Rule 204.3k for the complete list of creature types. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
  Example: "Creature -- Goblin Wizard" means the card is a creature with the subtypes Goblin and Wizard. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.4 - Power and toughness are characteristics only creatures have. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.4a - A creature's power is the amount of damage it deals in combat. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.4b - A creature's toughness is the amount of damage needed to destroy it. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.4c - To determine a creature's power and toughness, start with the numbers printed in its lower right corner, then apply any applicable continuous effects. (See Rule 613, "Interaction of Continuous Effects.") [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.5 - Creatures can attack and block. (See Rule 508, "Declare Attackers Step," and Rule 509, "Declare Blockers Step.") [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.6 - 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 continuously since his or her most recent turn began. A creature can't attack unless it has been under its controller's control continuously since his or her most recent turn began. This rule is informally called the "summoning sickness" rule. Ignore this rule for creatures with haste (see Rule 702.10). [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.7 - Damage dealt to a creature by a source without wither is marked on that creature. If the total damage marked on that creature is greater than or equal to its toughness, that creature has been dealt lethal damage and is destroyed as a state-based action (see Rule 704). All damage marked on a creature is removed when it regenerates (see Rule 701.11, "Regenerate") and during the cleanup step (see Rule 514.2). [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 302.8 - Creature lands combine the characteristics of both lands and creatures, and are subject to spells and abilities that affect either or both card types. Creature lands can only be played as lands. They can't be cast as spells. [CompRules 2009/07/08]