What happens if I play Stacked Deck and two or three Nocturnes are revealed?

When you play Stacked Deck and reveal two or three Nocturne cards, you can choose to play any number of them. Here is the breakdown of how this interaction resolves:

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 number of the Nocturne cards revealed.
3. Playing Nocturne: For each Nocturne you choose to banish, you may play it for [A] (any rune). These Nocturnes are placed on the chain pending.
4. Completing Stacked Deck: Stacked Deck finishes resolving. You choose one of the remaining cards (if any) to put into your hand and recycle the rest.
   • Note: Playing a Nocturne does not count as the one card you are allowed to put into your hand from Stacked Deck (FAQ 6744).
5. Finalizing: After Stacked Deck finishes resolving, you pay the cost ([A]) to finalize each Nocturne you chose to play.

Key Nuances

• Hand Size: If you reveal 3 Nocturnes and play all of them, you draw nothing (no cards go to your hand) (FAQ 7941).
• Cost Payment: 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).
• 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: This interaction works because Stacked Deck instructs you to "look at" cards. If you were to draw the cards instead, the ability would not apply (FAQ 3447).

This interpretation is based on the provided RiftJudge FAQs (7941, 6744, 8948, 1549, 8822, 9527).