The turn sequence

Play continues cyclically until one player wins.¹Rule 302. Play continues cyclically until one player wins. Open in the rules browser The phases of a turn are rigid; what you choose is the order of the actions you take inside them.²Rule 303. The phases of a turn are rigid, but the actions taken during those steps can be done in any order, unless otherwise specified. Open in the rules browser

Start of Turn

The rules group the opening phases under Start of Turn.³Rule 315. Start of Turn Open in the rules browser Each one hands the turn player a job, and they run in this order:

1. Awaken Phase. You ready all the game objects you control that are able to be readied.⁴Rule 315.1.b. 1. The Turn Player readies all Game Objects they control that are able to be readied. See rule 415. Ready for more information. Open in the rules browser Exhausted units and runes stand upright again.
2. Beginning Phase. Its Scoring Step is where you Hold every battlefield you control⁵Rule 315.2.b.2. 1. The Turn Player Holds all Battlefields they Control. See rule 467. Scoring for more information. Open in the rules browser, which scores a point for each one you had not already scored this turn.⁶Rule 469.2. Hold: A player maintains Control of a Battlefield they did not yet Score this turn during their Beginning Phase. Open in the rules browser
3. Channel Phase. You channel two runes⁷Rule 315.3.b. 1. The Turn Player channels 2 runes from their Rune Deck. See rule 430. Channel for more information. Open in the rules browser from your Rune Deck; channelling takes them off the top of the deck and puts them on the board.⁸Rule 430.1. Channeling is the action of taking one or more Runes from the top of a player's Rune Deck and putting them on the board. Open in the rules browser
4. Draw Phase. You draw 1.⁹Rule 315.4.b. 1. The Turn Player draws 1. Open in the rules browser

Main Phase

This is the part of the turn that is yours. The Main Phase has no defined structure.¹⁰Rule 316.5. The Main Phase has no defined structure. Open in the rules browser You may take any number of discretionary actions you are able to perform,¹¹Rule 316.5.a. A player may take any number of Discretionary Actions they are able to perform during this phase. See rule 410.1. Discretionary Actions for more information. Open in the rules browser and playing cards and moving units both happen here.

One thing to know before you start spending. Every player's rune pool empties at the start of each player's Main Phase and at the end of each player's turn.¹²Rule 167. Every player's Rune Pool empties at the start of each player's Main Phase and the end of each player's turn. Open in the rules browser Resources are made when you need them, not stockpiled between turns.

When you have no more discretionary actions you want to take, you say so,¹³Rule 316.9. When a player has no more Discretionary Actions they wish to execute, they must indicate they are ending their turn. Open in the rules browser and that ends the Main Phase.¹⁴Rule 316.9.a. This ends the Main Phase. Open in the rules browser

Ending Phase

The turn finishes in two steps. In the Ending Step, end-of-turn game effects take place.¹⁵Rule 317.1.a. At the end of the turn Game Effects take place. Open in the rules browser The Expiration Step then runs an Ending Special Cleanup¹⁶Rule 317.2.a. Invoke an Ending Special Cleanup. See rule 318. Cleanups for more information. Open in the rules browser, and the steps it inserts into that cleanup are what clear the turn away. Damage is healed from units at two specific times¹⁷Rule 143.3.b. Damage is Healed from Units at two specific times: Open in the rules browser, and one of them is the end of each player's turn¹⁸Rule 143.3.b.1. At the end of each player's turn. See rule 317.2. Ending Phase for more information. Open in the rules browser. Every "this turn" effect expires at the same moment.¹⁹Rule 317.2.c. Insert “3d. All ‘this turn’ effects expire simultaneously.” Open in the rules browser After that, the next player with a turn queued becomes the turn player.²⁰Rule 317.3. The next player with their Turn queued becomes the Turn Player. Open in the rules browser