Draw

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From the Comprehensive Rules Draw Draw has two meanings in the Magic game. 1. A player draws a card by putting the top card of his or her library into his or her hand. This is done as a game action during each player’s draw step. It may also be done as part of a cost or effect of a spell or ability. If an effect moves cards from a player’s library to that player’s hand without using the word “draw,” the player has not drawn those cards. This makes a difference for abilities that trigger on drawing cards or that replace card draws, as well as if the player’s library is empty. See rule 423, “Drawing a Card.” 2. A drawn game is a game where the game ends and there is no winner. See rule 102.4.

From the Comprehensive Rules 423. Drawing a Card 423.1. A player draws a card by putting the top card of his or her library into his or her hand. This is done as a game action during each player’s draw step. It may also be done as part of a cost or effect of a spell or ability. 423.2. Cards may only be drawn one at a time. If a player is instructed to draw multiple cards, that player performs that many individual card draws. 423.2a If an effect instructs more than one player to draw cards, the active player performs all of his or her draws first, then each other player in turn order does the same. 423.2b If an effect instructs more than one player to draw cards in a Two-Headed Giant game, first the primary player (seated on the right) on the active team performs all of his or her draws, then the secondary player on that team performs all of his or her draws, then the nonactive team does the same. 423.3. If there are no cards in a player’s library and an effect offers that player the choice to draw a card, that player may choose to do so. See rule 413.2c. 423.4. A player who attempts to draw a card from an empty library loses the game the next time a player would receive priority. (This is a state-based effect. See rule 420.5g.) 423.5. If an effect moves cards from a player’s library to that player’s hand without using the word “draw,” the player has not drawn those cards. This makes a difference for abilities that trigger on drawing cards or that replace card draws, as well as if the player’s library is empty. 423.6. Some effects replace card draws. 423.6a An effect that replaces a card draw is applied even if no cards could be drawn because there are no cards in the affected player’s library. 423.6b If an effect replaces a draw within a sequence of card draws, the replacement effect is completed before resuming the sequence. 423.6c Some effects perform additional actions on a card after it’s drawn. If the draw is replaced, the additional action is not performed on any cards that are drawn as a result of that replacement effect or any subsequent replacement effects.

From the Comprehensive Rules 102.4. There are several ways to draw the game. 102.4a If all the players remaining in a game lose simultaneously, the game is a draw. 102.4b If the game somehow enters a “loop,” repeating a sequence of events with no way to stop, the game is a draw. Loops that contain an optional action don’t result in a draw. 102.4c In a multiplayer game between teams, the game is a draw if all remaining teams lose at once.