Core Rules - v1.4
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| 128.4. |
Private: This level of Privacy indicates that only the controller of a card on the board or the owner of a card in any other zone may read or look at the face of the card. |
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Example: Cards in a player's hand are owned by that player. Only that player may read or look at their faces. |
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Example: If a player controls a facedown card at a battlefield, that player and only that player may read or look at that card's face, regardless of who owns that card. |
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| 128.5. |
Public: This level of Privacy indicates that any player may read or look at the face of the card. |
| 128.6. |
A player cannot be compelled to perform an action on cards whose privacy is secret or private if that action specifies a type or quality of card. |
| 128.6.a. |
If an effect would compel a player to perform an action on cards whose privacy is secret or private, and if that effect specifies a type or quality of card, the player in question may choose to ignore that instruction. Ignored instructions are deemed impossible. |
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Example: A card effect reads, “Play a unit from your hand, ignoring its costs.” Although the effect does not say “may”, the player can choose not to perform the action even if they have a unit in their hand, because the effect specifies a card type. |
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