Historical Rules · 1 October 2010
Rule 507.1
Official source text from the 1 October 2010 Rules release
First, if the game being played is a multiplayer game in which the active player's opponent's don't all automatically become defending players, the active player chooses one of his or her opponents. That player becomes the defending player. This turn-based action doesn't use the stack. (See rule 506.2.)