When does "the next end step" happen?
Asked by lireskun 11 years ago
All this time, me and my friend's understanding of this is that it happens at the end step of the next player. But when I was using Protean Hydra in Duels of the Planeswalker 2014, the effect when the hydra was supposed to get it's counters happened at exactly the same turn as it lost it's counters. So does that mean that "the next end step" happens at the end step of the active player?
GreatSword says... #2
Duels is correct; it means the next "beginning of end step" to happen. It doesn't mean the "beginning of end step" of the next turn.
September 9, 2013 12:39 a.m.
harrydemon117 says... #3
now in "paper magic" if the Hydra were to lose its counters (say for instance a Lightning Bolt effect) was cast at it AFTER the End Step started, it would NOT get its counters until the beginning of the NEXT end step. I don't know if DOTP 2014 recognizes this or not, but that's how it happens in real life play
raithe000 says... Accepted answer #1
Yes, that is correct. Each turn has an end step, so if the effect occurs before the beginning of the current turn's end step, then the next end step is the end step of the current turn.
... and that sounds really confusing. Basically, there is an end step each turn, and the next endstep is just the next one that happens. It does not skip over the current active player's end step.
September 9, 2013 12:37 a.m.