Some cards end the turn. When an effect ends the turn, follow these steps in order, as they differ from the normal process for resolving spells and abilities (see rule 608, “Resolving Spells and Abilities”).
July 25, 2025 · Edge of Eternities
The monarch is a designation a player can have. There is no monarch in a game until an effect instructs a player to become the monarch.
April 4, 2025 · Tarkir: Dragonstorm
The initiative is a designation a player can have. There is no initiative in a game until an effect instructs a player to take the initiative. A player who currently has the initiative designation is said to have the initiative.
February 2, 2024 · Murders at Karlov Manor
One card (Karn Liberated) restarts the game. A game that is restarted immediately ends. No players in that game win, lose, or draw that game. All players in that game when it ended then start a new game following the procedures set forth in rule 103, “Starting the Game,” with the following exception:
April 14, 2023 · March of the Machine
One card (Shahrazad) allows players to play a Magic subgame.
November 18, 2022 · The Brothers’ War
One card (Karn Liberated) restarts the game. A game that is restarted immediately ends. No players in that game win, lose, or draw that game. All players in that game when it ended then start a new game following the procedures set forth in rule 103, “Starting the Game,” with the following exception:
October 7, 2022 · Unfinity
One card (Shahrazad) allows players to play a Magic subgame.
June 10, 2022 · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate
One keyword causes an object to merge with a permanent. See rule 702.140, “Mutate.”
September 24, 2021 · Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Day and night are designations that the game itself can have. The game starts with neither designation. “It becomes day” and “it becomes night” refer to the game gaining the day or night designation. It can become day or night through the daybound and nightbound keyword abilities (see rule 702.145). Other effects can also make it day or night. Once it has become day or night, the game will have exactly one of those designations from that point forward.
July 23, 2021 · Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
When playing a game, players typically make use of mutually understood shortcuts rather than explicitly identifying each game choice (either taking an action or passing priority) a player makes.