<p>The <a href="https://academyruins.com/archives" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Academy Ruins rules archive</a> has comprehensive rules documents from between 1999 and the present day, plus the Fifth Edition rulebook from 1997.</p>

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murgatroid99
<p>Using the WaybackMachine from <a href="https://archive.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.org/</a> to search Wizards website, the earliest listing of a 'Comprehensive Rules' pdf is for rules effective as of <a href="https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/MagicCompRules_20140926.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">September 25, 2014</a> (the day before Khans of Tarkir released).</p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141101000000*/https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20141101000000*/https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules</a></p>
<p>Additional searches on Archive.org I found some Pocket Players' Guide books, and set-specific rulebooks: <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22magic%3A+the+gathering%22&amp;and%5B%5D=creator%3A%22wizards+of+the+coast%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22magic%3A+the+gathering%22&amp;and[]=creator%3A%22wizards+of+the+coast%22</a></p>

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The rules records go back earlier than that specific address, that's just when the site got redesigned. They were up [from 1999 onwards](https://web.archive.org/web/19991002044300/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/MTG_Rules.asp) when the comp rules first existed, and then [moved in 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20020210205505/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/rules/tourneyplayer) and [again in 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20080831121202/http://www.wizards.com/magic/TCG/Resources.aspx?x=magic/rules).
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AChrapko
<p><strong>There is a blog hosting the rulebooks and various other materials from their earliest versions to about 2015</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://hudecekpetr.cz/old-magic-rules/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link</a></p>
<p>The CR go from 1993 to 2015, although only in 1999 do they get the modern format and &quot;rules-lawyer&quot; language.</p>
<p>It also hosts the IPG (&quot;ancient&quot; to 2015) and MTR (1994 to 2015).</p>

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Hackworth
<p>To my knowledge, <a href="https://yawgatog.com/resources/rules-changes/" rel="noreferrer">this</a> is the most complete collection of versions of the Comprehensive Rules, including a diff between successive updates. However, it has been discontinued after the Ixalan update.</p>
<p>Is there a more comprehensive resource for this kind of information, i.e. one that covers a wider date range, especially one that is up-to-date? The raw data would be sufficient for an answer, a changelog or other features would be a bonus.</p>

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# What is the most complete collection of CR versions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-22)

To my knowledge, [this](https://yawgatog.com/resources/rules-changes/) is the most complete collection of versions of the Comprehensive Rules, including a diff between successive updates. However, it has been discontinued after the Ixalan update.

Is there a more comprehensive resource for this kind of information, i.e. one that covers a wider date range, especially one that is up-to-date? The raw data would be sufficient for an answer, a changelog or other features would be a bonus.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-09-11. Score: 4

The [Academy Ruins rules archive](https://academyruins.com/archives) has comprehensive rules documents from between 1999 and the present day, plus the Fifth Edition rulebook from 1997.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-12-13. Score: 2

Using the WaybackMachine from <https://archive.org/> to search Wizards website, the earliest listing of a 'Comprehensive Rules' pdf is for rules effective as of [September 25, 2014](https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/MagicCompRules_20140926.pdf) (the day before Khans of Tarkir released).

[https://web.archive.org/web/20141101000000\*/https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules](https://web.archive.org/web/20141101000000*/https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules)

Additional searches on Archive.org I found some Pocket Players' Guide books, and set-specific rulebooks: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22magic%3A+the+gathering%22&and[]=creator%3A%22wizards+of+the+coast%22](https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22magic%3A+the+gathering%22&and%5B%5D=creator%3A%22wizards+of+the+coast%22)

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> **username_3**: The rules records go back earlier than that specific address, that's just when the site got redesigned. They were up [from 1999 onwards](https://web.archive.org/web/19991002044300/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/MTG_Rules.asp) when the comp rules first existed, and then [moved in 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20020210205505/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/rules/tourneyplayer) and [again in 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20080831121202/http://www.wizards.com/magic/TCG/Resources.aspx?x=magic/rules).  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-09-10. Score: 1

**There is a blog hosting the rulebooks and various other materials from their earliest versions to about 2015**

[Link](https://hudecekpetr.cz/old-magic-rules/)

The CR go from 1993 to 2015, although only in 1999 do they get the modern format and "rules-lawyer" language.

It also hosts the IPG ("ancient" to 2015) and MTR (1994 to 2015).


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