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==Description== When playing with double-faced cards, either the traditional [[transform]]ing ones, meld cards or [[modal double-faced card]]s, it's important that your cards are indistinguishable from one another. To accomplish this, you can use either opaque [[sleeve]]s, substitute cards, or both. To use a substitute card, you must have the actual double-faced card in your possession. Substitute cards were introduced as '''checklist cards''' with ''[[Innistrad]]'' in 2011, the name change "substitute cards" in the rules happened in 2020 with ''[[Zendikar Rising]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/comprehensive-rules-changes-2020-09-22|''Zendikar Rising'' Comprehensive Rules Changes|[[Matt Tabak]]|September 22, 2020}}</ref> Checklist cards had a list of all double-faced cards (common-uncommon/rare-mythic in ''Shadows over Innistrad'') in the respective set on one side and the typical ''[[Magic]]'' [[card back]] on the other side. In ''[[Ixalan]]'' and ''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' [[booster]]s, double-faced cards (almost) always appear with a checklist card.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/166488607033/there-seems-to-be-a-high-correlation-between-dfcs|title=There seems to be a high correlation between DFCs and checklist cards appearing in the same pack.|October 16, 2017}}</ref> Because the checklist cards were never super popular aesthetically<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/638595940655235072/hi-mark-happy-holidays-im-writting-to-give-a|title=I think the substitute cards for the MDFCs in Zendikar Rising are really not the nicest solution.|December 26, 2020}}</ref>, an improved write-in substitute card was introduced with ''[[Zendikar Rising]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-mechanics-2020-09-01|Zendikar Rising Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-release-notes-2020-09-10|''Zendikar Rising'' Release Notes|[[Eli Shiffrin]]|September 10, 2020}}</ref> When initially revealed and leading up to the release of ''Zendikar Rising'', these were called "DFC helper cards", or just "helper cards". However, in the release notes for ''[[Kaldheim]]''<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/kaldheim-release-notes-2021-01-22|''Kaldheim'' Release Notes|[[Matt Tabak]]|January 22, 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'',<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/strixhaven-school-mages-and-commander-2021-edition-release-notes-2021-04-16|''Strixhaven: School of Mages'' and ''Commander (2021 Edition)'' Release Notes|[[Jess Dunks]] and [[Matt Tabak]]|April 16, 2021}}</ref> this terminology was abandoned in favor of "substitute cards". The front side of a write-in substitute card is blank, with two title bars and a large text box for other information. The back side is a regular [[card back]]. The early checklist cards may be exchanged for a write-in substitute card when playing the older double faced cards. Write down the [[card name|name]] of the [[card]] you're representing, along with any other information visible on the actual card. You can't use substitute cards to jot down sideboarding notes, or anything not found on the card. During the game, if the card is in a public [[zone]], swap in the real card. If it's in a hidden zone, use the substitute card.
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