So I’m familiar with how Epiphany at the Drownyard generally works, I have another card that does something a little different but had the same general concept. What I don’t know is if when my opponent, or on said other card, I pick the piles, when choosing which piles goes where, can you look at the piles after they have been picked?
For example: So say I pay 5 mana and the 1 blue, I’d reveal 6 cards, make 2 piles, does my opponent then get to look at the piles before deciding which goes where?
The opponent will know the contents of each pile when they make their choice. This is because of the very first word on that card "Reveal".
For an example of where the player choosing doesn't know the contents of the pile look at Phyrexian Portal. It specifically says face down piles because one player knows what in them, the player making the piles, while the other plays must choose blind.
I understand that but do they stay revealed as the piles are being made? Do they see which cards get put in what pile?
Yes, because the cards get revealed as the very first thing. And they stay revealed until they leave the zone they are in, the library. The two piles are created technically in the libary out of the top cards, which are revealed. And they stay revealed and in the library until the choice is made as to which pile goes where.
For example: So say I pay 5 mana and the 1 blue, I’d reveal 6 cards, make 2 piles, does my opponent then get to look at the piles before deciding which goes where?
For an example of where the player choosing doesn't know the contents of the pile look at Phyrexian Portal. It specifically says face down piles because one player knows what in them, the player making the piles, while the other plays must choose blind.
Yes, because the cards get revealed as the very first thing. And they stay revealed until they leave the zone they are in, the library. The two piles are created technically in the libary out of the top cards, which are revealed. And they stay revealed and in the library until the choice is made as to which pile goes where.
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