Edacade wrote:
Comp Rules wrote:
100.2. To play, each player needs his or her own deck of traditional Magic cards, small items to
represent any tokens and counters, and some way to clearly track life totals.
100.2a In constructed play (a way of playing in which each player creates his or her own deck
ahead of time), each deck must contain at least sixty cards. A constructed deck may contain any
number of basic land cards and no more than four of any card with a particular English name
other than basic land card
100.4. Each player may also have a sideboard, which is a group of additional cards the player may use
to modify his or her deck between games of a match.
100.4a In constructed play, a sideboard may contain no more than fifteen cards. The four-card limit
(see rule 100.2a) applies to the combined deck and sideboard.
represent any tokens and counters, and some way to clearly track life totals.
100.2a In constructed play (a way of playing in which each player creates his or her own deck
ahead of time), each deck must contain at least sixty cards. A constructed deck may contain any
number of basic land cards and no more than four of any card with a particular English name
other than basic land card
100.4. Each player may also have a sideboard, which is a group of additional cards the player may use
to modify his or her deck between games of a match.
100.4a In constructed play, a sideboard may contain no more than fifteen cards. The four-card limit
(see rule 100.2a) applies to the combined deck and sideboard.
Two separate definitions, so no. Relentless Rats does not have text in direct contradiction of the Comp Rules regarding sideboard quantity.
The more interesting question, though, is: If your deck has four or more Relentless Rats in it, are you allowed to put any Relentless Rats in your sideboard at all?
I would argue that Rats has text contradicting rule 100.2a, and since 100.4a just invokes 100.2a, Rats' text applies just as well there. there's no separate "Sideboard can only have up to four of a card, minus the number in the main deck" rule, it just says "hey, that limit set out elsewhere applies to both things together."
