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Does Jinx Legend's ability trigger and open a chain at the start of the Beginning Phase even when the player has more than 1 card in hand, allowing them to play cards and potentially draw if they meet the condition after resolving those cards?
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Ruling: Jinx Legend's ability triggers at the start of your Beginning Phase regardless of how many cards are in your hand, opening a chain. The condition of having 1 or fewer cards is checked on resolution, not when triggering. This allows players to play reactions during the chain and potentially meet the draw condition before the ability resolves.
Sequence:
- At start of Beginning Phase, Jinx Legend's ability triggers and opens a chain
- Players can respond with reactions/cards
- On resolution, check if you have 1 or fewer cards in hand
- If condition is met, draw 1 card
- This all happens before channeling a rune or drawing normally
Nuances:
- The wording "At start of your Beginning Phase, draw 1 if you have 1 or fewer cards" causes the ability to trigger based on timing, with the card count condition checked on resolution
- If it were worded "At the start of your beginning phase while you have 1 or fewer cards in your hand, draw 1" it would only trigger when the condition is already met
- A player with 6 cards could theoretically play reactions down to 1 card and still get the draw, all before the normal draw step
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