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# Game Play

Basic description of turn flow

## Game setup.

1. Each player places their starter Starlight face down in the active zone.
2. Players decide who goes first (e.g., by flipping a coin). 
3. Each player draws 7 cards.
4. Each player may perform a mulligan.
5. Each player may place up to 6 non-active Starlight cards from their hand face down in their side.
6. Each player turn face up their active starlight.
7. The inactive player may set up to 1 counter card.

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## Mulligan Rule

Players may use their own local rules for mulligans, but the official rule is as follows:

**Once per game, during the setup phase, each player may shuffle their initial hand back into their deck and draw 7 new cards.**
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## Game Start!!

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### First-turns Draw:

In their first turn, the starting player does not draw cards normally. Instead, they draw cards until they have 7 cards in hand.
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### Normal Draw:   

At the beginning of each player's turn, except for their first turn, that player draws 3 cards. 

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## Turn Actions:

During your turn, you can take any of these actions. Keep in mind that actions are limited, and some will lead to the end of your turn automatically.

* Play any number of starlights from your hand to your side.
* Play up to 3 support cards.
* Play up to 3 skill cards. 
* Swap your active starlight with another on your side.
* Activate color  sequences 
* Use/Activate  radiances
* Set counter cards. (Once per turn)
* Activate counter cards while you can.
* Return starlights. (Once per turn)
* Team up. (Once per game)
* Call partner cards. (As long as their condition allows it)

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## Chain

Your chain is composed of the skills you play—each skill acts as a link in the chain. A chain may contain up to three normal links, which are the skill cards you play from your hand under standard conditions. 

Once you play your third normal link, your turn ends after all stacked effects have been resolved.

## Your turn end when you:

* You play your last normal link. (All effects on the stack must be resolved.)
* You defeat a rival Starlight. (All effects on the stack must be resolved.)  
* You decide to end your turn voluntarily. 

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### Turn End Rules

* If an effect on the stack cannot be resolved, it is skipped. 
* You cannot end your turn normally while there are unresolved effects on the stack
* If your turn ends due to an effect, all other effects and cards remaining on the stack are removed
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## Turn End

Your turn ends :tada: .