Selvala, Explorer Returned and parley in opponent's end steps
Asked by Swebb87 2 years ago
If I parley at my opponent's end step and that draws them up to 8 cards, do they have to discard down to 7 cards, or is it performed at the very end of their end step?
veritablecvn says... Accepted answer #1
Your opponent would discard down to 7 cards. The End Step and Cleanup Step are the two parts of the End Phase. You parley during the End Step and then the turn moves to the Cleanup Step which is where the active player discards down to 7 if required. Below is a snapshot out of the comprehensive rules. There are more sub rules under End Step and Cleanup Step, I just copied these specific ones because they deal with your question. I hope this helps!
Ending Phase 512.1. The ending phase consists of two steps: end and cleanup.
End Step 513.1. The end step has no turn-based actions. Once it begins, the active player gets priority. (See rule 117, “Timing and Priority.”)
Cleanup Step 514.1. First, if the active player’s hand contains more cards than their maximum hand size (normally seven), they discard enough cards to reduce their hand size to that number. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack.
514.2. Second, the following actions happen simultaneously: all damage marked on permanents (including phased-out permanents) is removed and all “until end of turn” and “this turn” effects end. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack.
January 22, 2022 3:41 p.m.