So they shortened “enters the battlefield” to “enters” but didn’t do the same for “leaves the battlefield”? That underscores how weird this wording change is.
The official justification is that the only place cards enter to is the battlefield, so it’s unambiguous. Cards can still leave from a variety of places, so it’s still necessary to say from where.
I think I figured it out. The battlefield is the only zone a permanent can enter into. In other zones it is put in, like graveyard or command zone. They can’t go with leaves alone because it would imply a trigger in the graveyard or exile.
So this way it actually makes sense. Still sounds fucking stupid tho.
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So they shortened “enters the battlefield” to “enters” but didn’t do the same for “leaves the battlefield”? That underscores how weird this wording change is.
The official justification is that the only place cards enter to is the battlefield, so it’s unambiguous. Cards can still leave from a variety of places, so it’s still necessary to say from where.
I think I figured it out. The battlefield is the only zone a permanent can enter into. In other zones it is put in, like graveyard or command zone. They can’t go with leaves alone because it would imply a trigger in the graveyard or exile.
So this way it actually makes sense. Still sounds fucking stupid tho.