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How can a player react to bring a unit back to the battlefield after an opponent moves it to base, when the chain closes after both players pass priority?
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Ruling: When both players pass in sequence, the chain doesn't fully end - it stops accepting new items and resolves the top item. After that top item resolves, all players regain priority and can react again.
Sequence:
- Player A plays spell targeting unit at battlefield (chain starts)
- Player B reacts with spell to move unit to base
- Both players pass priority in sequence
- Chain stops accepting new items and resolves top item (Player B's move spell)
- Unit moves to base
- Players regain priority and can now react
- Player A can now play spell to move unit back to battlefield
- After passes, original spell resolves with unit as legal target
Nuances:
- "The chain ends" in rule 540.4.b means priority stops passing between players, not that the entire chain is finished
- After each item resolves from the chain, players get priority again before the next item resolves
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