Explain how Stacked Deck resolves if you see a Nocturne in the 3 cards?

When you reveal Nocturne using Stacked Deck, the resolution follows a specific sequence based on the interaction between the spell's effect and Nocturne's ability.

Resolution Sequence

  1. Stacked Deck Resolution: You play Stacked Deck. As it resolves, you look at the top 3 cards of your Main Deck.
  2. Nocturne's Ability: Because Nocturne's ability allows you to banish it when you look at or reveal it from the top of your deck, you may choose to banish any Nocturne cards revealed.
  3. Banishment and Playing: If you choose to banish a Nocturne, you may then play it for [A] (any rune).
    • Nocturne is placed on the chain pending.
    • Stacked Deck finishes resolving. You choose one of the remaining cards (if any) to put into your hand and recycle the rest.
    • After Stacked Deck finishes, you pay the cost to finalize the Nocturne(s).
  4. Completing the Sequence: Per FAQ 6744, playing a Nocturne does not count as the one card you are allowed to put into your hand from Stacked Deck.

Key Nuances

  • Nocturne's Ability: Nocturne's ability is not a triggered ability that uses the chain; it is an effect that allows you to banish and play the card when it is revealed or looked at.
  • Drawing vs. Looking: Nocturne's ability works because Stacked Deck instructs you to "look at" cards. If you were to draw the card instead, the ability would not apply (FAQ 3447).
  • Hand Size: If you reveal 3 Nocturnes and play all of them, you draw nothing (FAQ 7941).
  • Costs: You cannot exhaust runes to float energy during the resolution of Stacked Deck. You exhaust runes to pay for the Nocturne(s) once Stacked Deck finishes resolving and you are prompted to pay the cost to finalize the unit (FAQ 1157).

This interpretation is based on the provided FAQs (7941, 6744, 1549, 1157).

Note: I could not fully verify this ruling against the retrieved rules.