I'm pulling on my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for the drive to work.

Okay, so today we're talking about the rules. In fact, a few specific rules, exactly, what are known as the magic golden rules.

So for those that might not be well-versed with the rules, there are four rules that are sort of considered the backbone of how to make magic work.

So I was going to walk through those golden rules today and sort of talk a little bit about why these rules are so important and, you know, why they're called the golden rules.

Like these are things that really allow the game to function on a very basic level.

So we're going to go through those today.

It's something I, I don't talk the rules all that often, so I thought this would be a little bit different.

Um, so the magic golden rules are, uh, the very first thing in the rules, 101, the very first thing in the rules list.

So there's 101.1.1.1.2.3.3.4.

and there's some subsets of the fourth one.

So we're going to walk through those.

So I'm both going to tell you what they are,

and then I'm going to explain to you sort of why they're so important.

And, you know, why they are the golden rules. Okay, so we'll start with 101.1.1. Whenever a card's text,

whenever a card's text directly contradicts these rules, the card takes precedence.

The card overrides only the rule that applies in the specific situation.

The only exception is that a player can concede the game at any time.

See rule 104.3.

Okay, so this is the most important rules. Why it's the first one. Basically, what it's saying is, look, we're going to give you rules, but cards can override

a rule. And this really is the coach of the heart of what a trading card game is.

That one of the things that when Richard first made the game, he really believed was one of the reasons that a trading card game would allow him to do what he wanted is the idea that the cards themselves would carry the rules.

And that, yeah, there would be a basic set of rules, but the cards could come in and say, well, yeah, but accept that.

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