List of Game States

This is very detailed and probably not useful for players.

Notable events that are not states because a player can never interact with them are marked like (this).

• Restore Phase
  • Restore Phase for each player
    • Player placing "at the beginning of your restore phase" triggers on the stack
    • Beginning of restore phase stack starting with the player with initiative
    • Player chooses restore costs to pay.
    • (Permanents and areas are undrained.)
    • Player placing "at the end of your restore phase" triggers on the stack
    • End of restore phase stack starting with the player with initiative
• Draw Phase
  • (Each player draws 2 cards and discards down to 5 cards)
  • End of draw phase stack starting with the aggressive player
• Main Phase
  • A series of main phase stacks starting with the aggressive player having initiative.
• End Phase
  • Starting with the aggressive player, each player puts any "at end of turn" abilities they control on the stack.
  • End phase stack starting with the aggressive player
  • (Effects that go "until end of turn" disappear.)