G.36 - Skipping a Phase or Step


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G.36.1- If a spell or ability has you skip a phase or step as a cost, then the spell or ability can only be spent on that turn, prior to the phase or step starting. And that phase or step can only be "spent" once. [Mirage, Page 58]

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G.36.2- If a spell or ability has you skip a phase or step as an one-shot effect, then multiple phase or step skips can accumulate. This is usually a result of an instant or sorcery spell or ability. The phase or step skipping is done as an automatic phase (or step) skipping. [D'Angelo 1998/03/03]

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G.36.3- If a spell or ability has you skip a phase or step as a continuous effect, then the phase or step is skipped right as you would be about to start it. This is called automatic phase (or step) skipping. [Duelist Magazine #13, Page 26, 1996/10/01] For example, Necropotence has you skip your draw step as a continuous effect. [Mirage, Page 58]

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G.36.4- If there is more than one effect requiring you to skip a phase or step, you choose which one actually causes the phase or step to be skipped. For example, if you have accumulated some draw step skips from Ivory Gargoyle (see Rule G.36.2), you can choose to have its effect skip the step even though you have Necropotence in play. [Duelist Magazine #13, Page 26, 1996/10/01]

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G.36.5- If an effect has you skip a phase or step, but you have already started that phase or step, it does not affect the current phase or step. [CompRules 1999/04/23]

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G.36.Ruling.1- If a phase or step is skipped, nothing that would happen in that phase or step happens. For example, if you skip your draw step you do not get to draw a card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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G.36.Ruling.2- Because automatic phase (or step) skipping (see Rule G.36.3) happens right as the phase or step starts, you can spend that phase or step as a cost (see Rule G.36.1) prior to the automatic phase (or step) skipping effect getting a chance at it. [Mirage, Page 58]

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G.36.Ruling.3- If an effect says to skip your next Xxxx phase or step, it means the next one you are about to start. It does not look into the future and pick a specific one. [D'Angelo 1996/11/08]

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