SCG update on Comprehensive rules changes

[LotusHead]

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/14111.html

Apparently, there were some.  I don't understand all of this, but I'm linking this for you guys to look at and be aware.
Move to Community if that's where this thread goes.

Highlight: If I attack with a sliver, and you have 2 dudes, one tapped, one untapped, I I also control a Two Headed Sliver and a Hunter Sliver, I can force you to untap one and you are required to find a second blocker. Dho!

[Norm4eva]

CDAs function everywhere—CSAs have gone through some evolution about what they did in other zones as cards were printed that cared about characteristics of cards not in play. Most recently, CSAs would operate in non-play zones only if they affected type or color. CDAs function in all zones. The big change here is for cards with CDAs that set their power and toughness, like Maro or Nightmare, which now have non-zero P/T in your hand or the graveyard. Sutured Ghoul just made some new friends.

Does this include things like the Akroma/Animate Dead trick?  Does protection apply while she's in the bin now?

[diopter]

CDAs function everywhere—CSAs have gone through some evolution about what they did in other zones as cards were printed that cared about characteristics of cards not in play. Most recently, CSAs would operate in non-play zones only if they affected type or color. CDAs function in all zones. The big change here is for cards with CDAs that set their power and toughness, like Maro or Nightmare, which now have non-zero P/T in your hand or the graveyard. Sutured Ghoul just made some new friends.

Does this include things like the Akroma/Animate Dead trick?  Does protection apply while she's in the bin now?

Not 100% sure, but I don't think protection would be a CDA. It doesn't affect type, color, cost, p/t, or any of those things.

[Apollyon]

Protection isn't a CDA. It's a static ability that doesn't set a characteristic of the card (name, cost, type, expansion symbol, power, toughness, or text).

[LotusHead]

http://www.yawgatog.com/resources/ruleschanges/plc-fut.php

On today's SCG rules thingie.  There's a lot of information here, and I haven't read it all, but here it is.