Rule 359.3.e.14
Some instructions may reference Game Objects affected by, or Game Actions performed in, other instructions in a card. The referenced and referencing instructions are called “linked instructions.” Example: Hidden Blade reads “Kill a unit at a battlefield. Its controller draws 2.” The “its” in the second instruction references the unit in the first, so the two instructions of the spell are linked.
- 359.3.e.14.a In order for a later linked instruction to execute, its earlier linked instruction must have executed. If the earlier…
- 359.3.e.14.b If the Game Action performed in an earlier linked instruction is replaced, this will not affect the later linked…
- 359.3.e.14.c Referencing a game action in this way only refers to the game action being performed and the object or player it was…