Tools

Rules Judge

An AI judge that answers rules questions with citations — even from a photo of the board.

Silvane Pro

The Rules Judge is a Pro feature. The rules browser is free for everyone.

Ask the Rules Judge a rules question in plain language — or snap a photo of the board — and it answers grounded in the Comprehensive Rules, streaming its explanation with tappable citations to the exact rule numbers, so you can verify every claim at the source.

The Judge lives inside Rules (the tools row → Rules → the "Ask the Rules Judge" card at the top).

  • Handles interaction questions, timing, layers, replacement effects and the other 1 AM classics.
  • Tag cards with @ — type @force of will anywhere in your question and an autocomplete pins the exact card, so the Judge reasons about the real card text, not its memory of it.
  • Multimodal — photograph the table and describe the question; the Judge reads the cards in the image.
  • The cards the Judge looked up appear as a thumbnail strip under the answer — tap one to open it.
  • Every answer cites its rules; tap a citation to open it in the browser.

Your conversation

The chat persists — leave the screen, even restart the app, and the conversation is still there until you start a New chat. While an answer streams, Stop halts it and keeps the partial text; if a turn fails, Retry re-sends it.

Photos: the button attaches from camera or library, up to 4 photos per question; tap an attached photo to inspect it in the zoom lightbox before sending.

Not an official ruling

The Judge is grounded and cited, but it is an AI — its answers are not official rulings and don't replace a certified judge at a sanctioned event. Photos and questions are processed by a third-party AI provider (see our Privacy Policy).

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Rules Judge - Docs | Silvane, MTG Collection Tracker