More Coursers, more questions! This time we’ll be looking at one of the most popular draw spells in the current Standard format, Sphinx’s Revelation. As we saw on Monday, Courser has you play with the top card of your library revealed, which is good for you… but can also be good for your opponent, as they’ll get to see which cards you’re drawing next.

So how does checking the top card of your library work with a draw spell? Whenever a player is instructed to draw more than one card at a time, the game breaks that down into a series of separate actions: so “Draw 3 cards” becomes “Draw a card, draw a card, draw a card.” Because you’re drawing each card separately, that means the top card of your library will change in between each card draw. Whether you actually draw the cards one at a time, or physically perform some other action like counting them face-down on the table, the end result is that you’ll have to reveal each card you draw to your opponent. Don’t let your opponent’s revelations dissuade you from calling upon the power of the Sphinx, though — at least you still got to draw a ton of cards.

Today’s Rules Tip written by Jen Wong