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Reveal
Keyword Action
Introduced Sixth Edition
Last used Evergreen
Reminder Text No official reminder text
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Reveal is a keyword action. By keywording it, the Sixth Edition rules change clarified that there was a difference between a player looking at hidden information (usually something in a player's hand) and that player revealing it which meant that all players saw it. This distinction isn't important in a two-player game but matters very much when three or more players are involved. Also, the game would later care about things being revealed.[1]

Rules[ | ]

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

Reveal
To show a card to all players for a brief time. See rule 701.16, “Reveal.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 701.16. Reveal
    • 701.16a To reveal a card, show that card to all players for a brief time. If an effect causes a card to be revealed, it remains revealed for as long as necessary to complete the parts of the effect that card is relevant to. If the cost to cast a spell or activate an ability includes revealing a card, the card remains revealed from the time the spell or ability is announced until the time it leaves the stack. If revealing a card causes a triggered ability to trigger, the card remains revealed until that triggered ability leaves the stack. If that ability isn’t put onto the stack the next time a player would receive priority, the card ceases to be revealed.
    • 701.16b Revealing a card doesn’t cause it to leave the zone it’s in.
    • 701.16c If cards in a player’s library are shuffled or otherwise reordered, any revealed cards that are reordered stop being revealed and become new objects.
    • 701.16d Some effects instruct a player to look at one or more cards. Looking at a card follows the same rules as revealing a card, except that the card is shown only to the specified player.

References[ | ]

  1. Mark Rosewater (June 8, 2015). "Evergreen Eggs & Ham". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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