If you draw a Reaction card while resolving a chain during a showdown, can you immediately use it to react to an earlier card in the chain, or must you wait for the entire chain to resolve?

Ruling: After a Reaction resolves during chain resolution, you can immediately play another Reaction card (such as one you just drew) to react to earlier cards still in the chain. You do not have to wait for the entire chain to resolve.

Sequence:

  • Reaction 3 resolves
  • Cleanup happens
  • The controller of Reaction 2 gets first priority to play reactions on top of the chain
  • Then the other player gets priority
  • Chain resolution continues

Nuances:

  • Priority to play reactions after each card resolves goes first to the controller of the next card in the chain, then to the other player