General Rulings - 119

• 119.1 - A player draws a card by putting the top card of his or her library into his or her hand. This is done as a turn-based action during each player's draw step. It may also be done as part of a cost or effect of a spell or ability. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.2 - Cards may only be drawn one at a time. If a player is instructed to draw multiple cards, that player performs that many individual card draws. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.2a - If an effect instructs more than one player to draw cards, the active player performs all of his or her draws first, then each other player in turn order does the same. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.2b - If an effect instructs more than one player to draw cards in a Two-Headed Giant game, first the primary player (seated on the right) on the active team performs all of his or her draws, then the secondary player on that team performs all of his or her draws, then the nonactive team does the same. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.3 - If there are no cards in a player's library and an effect offers that player the choice to draw a card, that player can choose to do so. However, if an effect says that a player can't draw cards and another effect offers that player the choice to draw a card, that player can't choose to do so. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.4 - A player who attempts to draw a card from an empty library loses the game the next time a player would receive priority. (This is a state-based action. See Rule 704.) [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.5 - If an effect moves cards from a player's library to that player's hand without using the word "draw," the player has not drawn those cards. This makes a difference for abilities that trigger on drawing cards and effects that replace card draws, as well as if the player's library is empty. [CompRules 2009/10/01]
• 119.6 - Some effects replace card draws. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.6a - An effect that replaces a card draw is applied even if no cards could be drawn because there are no cards in the affected player's library. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.6b - If an effect replaces a draw within a sequence of card draws, the replacement effect is completed before resuming the sequence. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.6c - Some effects perform additional actions on a card after it's drawn. If the draw is replaced, the additional action is not performed on any cards that are drawn as a result of that replacement effect or any subsequent replacement effects. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 119.7 - Some replacement effects result in multiple card draws. In such a case, any parts of the original event that haven't been replaced by the effect occur first, then the card draws happen one at a time. [CompRules 2009/07/08]