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LBradH <lbradh@aol.commmono> wrote:
> Mindbomb:
> U
> Each player may discard up to three cards from his or her hand. ~this~ deals
> damage to each player equal to 3 minus the number of cards he or she discarded
> this way.
>
> When this is played, which player decides and reveals how many cards they will
> discard first?
The active player decides first.
103.4. If both players would take an action at the same time, the active
player (the player whose turn it is) makes any choices required, then
the nonactive player makes any choices required, then the actions happen
simultaneously. This rule is often referred to as the "Active Player,
Nonactive Player (APNAP) rule."
Example: A card reads "Each player sacrifices a creature." First, the
active player chooses a creature he or she controls. Then the nonactive
player chooses a creature he or she controls. Then both creatures are
sacrificed simultaneously.
413.2d If an effect requires both players to make choices or take
actions at the same time, the active player makes and announces his or
her choices first, and then the nonactive player does (knowing the
active player's choices). Then the actions take place simultaneously.
See rule 103.4. If a player must make more than one choice at a time, he
or she makes the choices in the order written, or in the order he or she
chooses if the choices aren't ordered. Then the actions are processed
simultaneously.
Some spells and abilities have multiple steps or actions,
denoted by separate sentences or clauses. In these cases, the active
player makes any choices required for the first action, then the
nonactive player makes any choices required for that action, then the
first action is processed simultaneously. Then the active player makes
any choices required for the second action, then the nonactive player
makes any choices required for that action, then that action is
processed simultaneously, and so on.
Example: Stronghold Gambit reads, in part, "Each player chooses a card
in his or her hand. Then each player reveals his or her chosen card."
First the active player chooses a card, then the nonactive player does
so. Each player reveals the cards simultaneously.
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