Question: Untap phase action sequence

Some players from my playgroup think that the "mandatory" effects like burning pool to the Fame and Antediluvian Awakening always happen first. But IMHO the active player can perform these effects in any order. If I have a torporized 4-cap vampire with Fame in play, and someone else has Antediluvian Awakening, can I burn the Famed vampire to avoid burning 2 pool? Or I should burn 2 pool first, and only THEN burn the vampire?

[ quoted text not captured ] You are correct. The only mandatory (before everything else) action is to untap your cards. Otherwise you may order your untap phase (and other phases for that matter) in any way you wish. So in your example you may state: 1. Antideluvian Awakening ... I will burn this minion (the Famed One) 2. No Famed minions therefore no pool burn. 3. Continue Untap Phase and so forth. The same goes for the master phase ... 1. Take a blood from a blood doll or more. 2. Play a master card using that blood. imagine you were forced to play the cards first .. on 2 pool you would oust yourself play a hunting ground. Ordering the master phase you can get 2 pool from blood dolls and then pay for the hunting ground. D

What about effects like Uriah Winter that say, "At the start of your untap..."?

Preston wrote: > What about effects like Uriah Winter that say, "At the start of your > untap..."? What about them? Is this in reference to something?

Preston wrote: > What about effects like Uriah Winter that say, "At the start of your > untap..."? For Uriah, you check your pool total at the beginning of the phase (before untapping anything). Then, if your total is less than your prey's, you lose Uriah sometime during your untap phase. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/0551a44a6383427a