Does Promising Future cause burnout when the opponent has fewer than 5 cards in their deck?

Ruling: Promising Future does not trigger burnout when there are fewer than 5 cards in the deck. You do as much as you can (look at the available cards), but burnout only occurs when a player would look at, draw, or mill cards while their main deck is empty.

Sequence:

  • Promising Future resolves
  • Player looks at as many cards as available (e.g., 4 cards if only 4 remain)
  • Cards remain in the main deck zone during resolution
  • No burnout occurs because the main deck is not empty
  • Cards are recycled back into the deck

Nuances:

  • Burnout could only trigger if the player had 0 cards in deck before Promising Future resolves
  • This works the same way as Dazzle - it cannot cause burnout on its own
  • During the resolution of Promising Future, all cards being looked at still belong to the main deck zone