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Historical Rules · Effective 1 October 2012

Section 503: Upkeep Step

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Section 503

503. Upkeep Step

2 rules

  1. 503.1

    First, any abilities that trigger at the beginning of the upkeep step and any abilities that triggered during the turn's untap step go on the stack. (See rule 603, "Handling Triggered Abilities.")

  2. 503.2

    Second, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities.