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Here's the latest edition of the Rulings Summary for Antiquities.
There have been a number of small changes since the last release.

Please check the General Rulings Summary if you do not find the answer
you are looking for in here.

The most recent gg-l/mtg-l digest used was #971.
Credits and disclaimer are at the end of the text.
A '+' is used to mark changes since the last released version on 07/25/94.

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Antiquities Rulings Summary                            Last Updated 08/24/94
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Printing Information:
  The Antiquities expansion set was printed with black borders on the face
    of the cards.  Cards can be identified by the expansion symbol on the
    right hand side of the middle section.  The expansion symbol is an
    Anvil.  The set contained 100 unique cards.  Approximately 15 million
    cards were printed.  Cards were available from mid March 1994 through
    late April 1994.

General Rulings:
  Keep in mind that this expansion set was released under the First Edition
    rules and not under Revised Edition.
  None of the new land types are "basic" lands. [bethmo]
  Even though there are now artifact Wards and Circles of Protection, do
    not treat "artifact" as a color.  Artifacts are colorless unless
    xxxxlaced to another color.  It is possible to have a red-artifact
    creature.  [bethmo]
  If a card says you must "choose one of your artifacts in play and place
    it in the graveyard" and you are unable to do so, you may not use the
    power of that card.  It does not matter if the "choose" text is before
    or after the ability. [bethmo]
  Cards which read "discard from play" should read "destroy".  [PPG Page
    113]
  If a card destroys itself, this may not be prevented by a regeneration or
    by the Guardian Beast.  This is considered a "sacrifice". [bethmo]
  Cards which read "your" artifacts refer to any artifact you control.

Armageddon Clock:
+ During your upkeep, add a counter, then allow people to remove counters,
    then deal the damage from the clock at the end of upkeep.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
+ Players may remove tokens during their upkeeps as well.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Artifact Possession:
  It does damage whenever the target artifact's activation cost is paid, or
    when it becomes tapped for any other reason.  It does not do double
    damage if the activation cost requires tapping. [Aahz 6/6/94]

Artifact Ward:
  Note that this is not exactly like protection from color abilities. It
    does not prevent artifacts from targeting the creature, it just
    prevents damage from and being blocked by artifacts.  [Card Text]
  Does not protect against non-damaging or non-targeted artifacts such as
    Nevinyrral's Disk. [bethmo]

Ashnod's Transmogrant:
  The +1/+1 does not end at the end of the turn.  It is permanent.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
  The +1/+1 should be represented by a token on the creature. [WotC Rules
    Team]
  Taps when being used, so it does trigger effects like Powerleech. [Aahz]

Atog:
  Cannot use the ability unless you have an artifact to sacrifice.  It is
    part of the cost. [Aahz]
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Bronze Tablet:
  Cannot choose to lose 10 life if you have less than 10 life, but you may
    choose to give up the game immediately.  This has roughly the same
    effect.
  The loss of life cannot be prevented by any spell or effect, including
    the Conservator. [bethmo]
  If the card being targeted by the Bronze Tablet is removed before Tablet
    takes effect, then the Tablet fails to work and remains tapped.
  If using a Copy Artifact on the Tablet, you must trade the Copy Artifact
    card to your opponent just like you would have traded the Tablet.
    [bethmo]
  You can take control of your opponent's Tablet and in the trade you only
    have to give him back his Tablet. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Candelabra of Tawnos:
  Note that this is not interrupt speed.  It is a fast effect and will
    resolve along with other effects this instant before you can use the
    lands again. [bethmo]
  You may untap your opponent's lands if desired. [Aahz 5/3/94]  This can
    be useful if Power Surge is in play.
+ Cannot target an untapped land. [Aahz 7/27/94]

Citanul Druid:
  The rumor that they is a typo with this card is false. [bethmo]

Clockwork Avian:
+ Loses a token at the end of the attack phase in which it attacks or
    defends.  This is a REVERSAL of a previous rulings which had it losing
    its token immediately upon being declared as an attacker or defender.
    [WotC Rules Team 7/27/94]

Cursed Rack:
  If the Limited or Unlimited edition Library of Leng is also in play, you
    must still discard down to four cards, but you may discard to the top
    of your library.  The Revised Library of Leng skips the discard phase
    entirely and thereby avoids the effects of this spell.

Damping Field:
  Does not prevent artifacts (such as Colossus) from untapping during
    upkeep.
  Artifact creatures are artifacts.  When this in play, they untap as
    artifacts and not as creatures, so only one may untap.

Detonate:
  The damage is from Detonate, and therefore is a red source. [bethmo]

Dragon Engine:
  Pumping mana into this all at once counts as one activation, regardless
    of the amount of mana. [bethmo]

Dwarven Weaponsmith:
  Cannot use the ability unless you have an artifact to sacrifice.  It is
    part of the cost. [Aahz]
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Energy Flux:
  The Guardian Beast will prevent your artifacts from being destroyed, so
    it can make you immune to this effect because the payment is optional.
  Read the word "discarded" as meaning "destroyed".

Goblin Artisans:
  The ability is treated as an interrupt because it can counter a spell.

Golgothian Sylex:
  Only affects cards with the Antiquities anvil symbol on them.  It does
    not affect Revised Edition cards that came from the Antiquities
    expansion. [bethmo 6/4/94]
  Creatures may regenerate from being destroyed this way. [Aahz]
  Guardian Beast will prevent Antiquities artifacts from being destroyed,
    but will not stop the Sylex from destroying itself.
  Read the word "discarded" as meaning "destroyed".

Haunting Wind:
  It does damage whenever the target artifact's activation cost is paid, or
    when it becomes tapped for any other reason.  It does not do double
    damage if the activation cost requires tapping. [Aahz 6/6/94]

Hurkyl's Recall:
  Retrieves all artifacts owned by the target player regardless of who
    controls them.  Ignores artifacts owned by other players even if target
    player has control of them.

Ivory Tower:
  You can take the bonus life points at any time during upkeep.  This means
    that you may cast spells after gaining life, and that if a Black Vise
    is in play, you may gain life, cast spells, and then take damage from
    the Vise with (hopefully) fewer cards in your hand.

Martyrs of Korlis:
  Only one Martyr can take artifact damage in any single turn.  So, if you
    choose one you must continue to use it for the rest of the turn.  If
    the Martyr of choice is destroyed, then no further instances or sources
    of artifact damage can be redirected to any kind of Bodyguard. [Aahz]
  If a Veteran Bodyguard is available, you may not choose it to receive
    artifact damage (or more specifically unblocked artifact creature
    damage) because the Martyr overrides the Veteran Bodyguard. [Aahz]

Mightstone:
  The +1/+0 applies to attacking creatures from all players. [Aahz]

Millstone:
  Library of Leng has no effect on the Millstone since cards are just moved
    to the graveyard.  They are not "discarded". [bethmo]

Mishra's Factory:
  When it is an Assembly Worker, it is still a land and retains all of its
    other abilities. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]
+ Assembly Worker only lasts until the end of the turn, and then any
    Enchant Creature spells on it are destroyed. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
  Can attack on turn an Assembly Worker is created, but it may not attack
    on the turn the land itself is brought into play.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
  Can only give +1/+1 to one Assembly Worker.  Not all of them.
  Assembly Worker is considered to have a zero casting cost. [bethmo]
  Because turning it into an Assembly Worker is an effect, it is possible
    to power it many times during an instant.  When the instant is
    resolved, the Factory will turn into an Assembly Worker.  Once
    that once it is an Assembly Worker that this will not work.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]
  When it is an Assembly Worker, it is an Artifact and can therefore be
    stolen by Aladdin.  Your opponent cannot really use the creature
    because they cannot use it until they begin a turn with it in play, and
    at the end of the turn, the Worker returns to being a land... and
    immediately returns to the original controller.
+ An Assembly Worker with Consecrate Land on it follows the rulings outlined
    for Consecrate Land in the Card Rulings Summary.

Mishra's War Machine:
  You may choose to take the damage or to discard.  You cannot avoid taking
    damage if you have no cards to discard. [bethmo]

Obelisk of Undoing:
  A "permanent" is a land, creature, artifact or enchantment. [Page 17]
+ You must be the owner and the controller of the card. [Card Text]
  Only affects one card.  All cards which say "any xxx" mean any single xxx
    in play. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
+ Treat this effect as usable on cards you "own" rather than card you "cast".
    [bethmo 8/10/94]

Onulet:
  Only works when card goes to the graveyard from play, not from a player's
    hand.  At that time, the card is not an Artifact.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Orcish Mechanic:
  Cannot use the ability unless you have an artifact to sacrifice.  It is
    part of the cost. [Aahz]
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Ornithopter:
  The zero casting cost is not a misprint.

Phyrexian Gremlins:
  Only prevents artifact from untapping during untap phase.  Ones that
    untap during upkeep are not inhibited. [Aahz]
  The target artifact cannot untap if the Gremlins start the untap phase
    tapped, even if it is your artifact and you plan on untapping the
    Gremlins.  [Aahz 6/6/94]
  If the Gremlins somehow become an artifact and then tap themselves, they
    can never be untapped during the untap phase.  They must be untapped by
    an external effect.  [Aahz 6/6/94]
+ Cannot target a tapped artifact.  This can make them difficult to use on
    mono artifacts. [Aahz 7/27/94]

Power Artifact:
  Can be cast on artifacts with no or zero activation costs, but this has
    no effect on them.  It does not increase the cost to one. [bethmo]
  For artifacts with an X use cost (such as the Candelabra of Tawnos) this
    reduces the amount spent by 2 to a minimum of 1.
  Only affects colorless activation costs.  Colored mana costs are not
    affected.  This rule comes into play if a card like the Northern
    Paladin gets changed into an artifact by Ashnod's Transmorgrant.
  Does not affect untap costs, just activation costs. [bethmo]  This
    includes the Basalt Monolith and Colossus of Sardia.

Powerleech:
  Gives one life whenever an artifact is activated or tapped for any other
    reason(including attacking).  If tapping is part of the cost of
    activation, only one life is given. [bethmo 5/3/94]

Priest of Yawgmoth:
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]
  Can sacrifice any artifact you own regardless of who controls it.
  Read the word "discarded" as "destroyed".

Primal Clay:
  Ignore the second sentence.  It is just a reminder that other spells can
    change the power/toughness and abilities of the creature. [bethmo]
  Clones and Doppelgangers of this card may not choose a different form
    from the original. [bethmo]

Rakalite:
  Only returns to your hand if it is still in play at the end of the turn.
    If it leaves play, it does not return. [bethmo]
  Can be used any number of times during the turn before it leaves play.
  Can choose different targets for each use.

Reconstruction:
  The Anvil symbol is missing from this card.

Reverse Polarity:
  Actually removes damage when it gives you life, so you gain nothing by
    casting two of these in a row. [WotC Rules Team]
  When being used to retroactively affect damage, it is not targeted.  This
    means that it can be used even if you have taken no damage this turn,
    in order to waste the spell.  [bethmo 6/6/94]

Rocket Launcher:
  Because tapping is not part of the cost, you can power it many times in
    one turn, but it is destroyed at the end of any turn in which you use
    it. [Card Text]
  Can be powered up for multiple points of damage and count as only one
    "activation" of the artifact.  A single "activation" may have only one
    target.  [WotC Rules Team]
  Can choose different targets for each use. [bethmo]
  Can be Animated and enchanted with Regenerate to become reusable.
  Guardian Beast can prevent it from being destroyed.  This gets around the
    normal "a card which destroys itself cannot be prevented" rule because
    the Launcher is destroyed at the end of the turn, rather than as a
    effect on itself [Aahz]

Sage of Lat-Nam:
  Cannot use the ability unless you have an artifact to sacrifice.  It is
    part of the cost. [Aahz]
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Shapeshifter:
  If it begins upkeep with power of 2 or 1, the Dwarven Warriors may be
    tapped to make it unblockable before you change the Shapeshifter to be
    a 6/1 creature. [Aahz]
+ Can only change form once a turn. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Strip Mine:
  Tapping is part of the cost of destroying another land, so the Strip Mine
    must be untapped before you use it. [bethmo]
  Consecrate Land and Pyramids will not prevent the Strip Mine from sending
    itself to the graveyard. [bethmo]
  Will trigger Dingus Egg or anything else which triggers on lands being
    destroyed or sent to the graveyard. [bethmo]

Su-Chi:
  Only works when card goes to the graveyard from play, not from a player's
    hand.  At that time, the card is not an Artifact.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]
  You cannot choose not to get the 4 mana when Su-Chi is destroyed.
  Note that if it dies during damage dealing, you get 4 colorless mana. You
    can only use damage prevention spells at this time, and you mana pool
    will be emptied (causing "mana burn") once damage prevention is over
    and before you can use even a fast effect!  So you cannot use this mana
    to power a Dragon Engine, spell or other fast effect. [bethmo 5/9/94]

Tablet of Epityr:
  Only works when artifact goes to the graveyard from play, not from a
    player's hand.  At that time, the card is not an artifact.  [bethmo]
  Cannot be used on itself because it is used after an artifact goes to the
    graveyard.  [Aahz 6/6/94]

Tawnos's Coffin:
  All damage and scheduled destruction (i.e. dies at end of turn) are
    removed when the creature goes out of play. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
  Note that token creatures which are removed from play leave the game
    permanently. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
+ Remember that the creature, when removed from the Coffin cannot attack or
    be tapped until you begin a turn with it in play.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Tawnos's Wand:
  The second sentence should read "after the Wand is used" instead of
    "after defense is chosen".

Tetravus:
  When the counters are off the Tetravus and acting as 1/1 Flying artifact
    creatures, they are token creatures and follow the rules of token
    creatures. [bethmo]  See the Token Creatures section of the General
    Rulings Summary for more information.
  If the Tetravus is destroyed when the Flyers are off the card, they are
    not destroyed, they are just orphaned. [bethmo]
  Counters can only be moved back to the same Tetravus they came from.
    [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]
  Moving counters is a fast effect.  You can move as many as you want
    during upkeep. [bethmo]
  Orcish Oriflamme and other non-targeted effects can enhance the token
    creatures. [bethmo]
  A Clone of Tetravus does not get the counters. [WotC Rules Team]

Titania's Song:
  This spell's effect is not prevented by the Guardian Beast. [bethmo]

Transmute Artifact:
  The targeted artifact leaves play as a sacrifice (part of the cost of the
    spell). [Aahz]
  Additional mana spent to cover the differences in casting costs is not
    part of the casting cost of this spell for Spell Blast or any other
    reasons. It is spent during spell resolution.  [bethmo]  If it is not
    spent, the spell fizzles and the sacrificed artifact is placed in the
    graveyard.
  The target is the only casting decision.  Picking an artifact is part of
    the resolution. [bethmo]
  The one from the library enters play when the spell is resolved, and this
    does not count as the casting of an artifact or destruction of an
    artifact.  It will not trigger off events which Urza's Chalice or
    Citanul Druid can react to. [bethmo]

Triskelion:
  It is legal to attack (or defend) with the Triskelion and then after the
    attack use some of the +1/+1 tokens to do damage to a creature.
    [bethmo]
  Can still use its ability even when tapped because this is a creature
    ability.
  Can be used any time a fast effect is legal and not "any time" as the
    card says.
  Tokens can be used on the turn it enters play because it does not require
    tapping. [bethmo]

Urza's Avenger:
  The -1/-1 is not permanent.  It lasts until the end of the turn as do the
    abilities that give the -1/-1. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Urza's Chalice:
  May not be used on itself just after it is cast. [Aahz 7/27/94]
    This is a REVERSAL of a previous ruling.

Urza's Mine:
  If you have at least one of each of the three Urza's lands in play, you
    must take the 2 mana instead of just one. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Urza's Mitre:
  Only works when artifact goes to the graveyard from play, not from a
    player's hand.  At that time, the card is not an Artifact.  [bethmo]
    Must be the controller of the artifact to use this.
  Cannot be used on itself because it cannot be used after it goes to the
    graveyard.
  The last sentence ("may not be used when otherwise benefit") means that
    any sacrificed artifact cannot be used. [Aahz]

Urza's Power Plant:
  If you have at least one of each of the three Urza's lands in play, you
    must take the 2 mana instead of just one. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Urza's Tower:
+ If you have at least one of each of the three Urza's lands in play, you
    must take the 3 mana instead of just one. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 15]

Wall of Spears:
  The card says "Counts as a wall" and it means that it is a Wall in all
    ways. [bethmo 5/3/94]

Weakstone:
  The -1/-0 applies to attacking creatures from all players. [Aahz]

Xenic Poltergeist:
  Allows the creature to attack as long as the artifact began play on your
    side this turn. [bethmo]
  Wears off at the beginning of the upkeep, not during upkeep. [bethmo]

Yawgmoth Demon:
  The sacrificing of an artifact is mandatory.  You cannot choose not to do
    so if you have an artifact which can be sacrificed.  [Aahz 6/6/94]
  The "place in the graveyard" statement is actually a "sacrifice" and is a
    cost which cannot be prevented. [Duelist Magazine #2, page 14]

Acknowledgments:
  This summary is collected from rulings made by officials and network
    representatives of Wizards of the Coast, along with a number of
    unofficial rulings also collected from the net.  Whenever a source for
    a ruling is known, the name of that person is listed with the ruling.
    "bethmo" is Beth Moursund, the network representative for the "gg-l"
    mailing list.  "Aahz" is Tom Wylie, the network representative for
    the "rec.games.deckmaster" newsgroup. "Snark" is Dave Howell of WotC.
    Official rulings from the rules team are marked as "WotC Rules Team".
    Rules from the Revised Edition rule book are marked with "Page #" and
    rules from the Pocket Player's Guide are marked with "PPG Page #"
  Every attempt has been made to make this summary accurate, but errors do
    creep in.  Nothing in this work is guaranteed to be accurate.  Use at
    your own risk.
  Magic: The Gathering, Antiquities and all of the cards listed herein are
    copyrights of Wizards of the Coast.