Re: Book Burning: What is the meaning of this card?

Christopher Richmond wrote:
> The text on Book Burning is extremely confusing.  It reads:
> "Unless a player has Book Burning deal 6 damage to him or her, put the top 6
> cards of target player's library into his or her graveyard."
> What exactly does this card do?  Can anyone elaborate?

Hmm? Doesn't seem all that hard to figure out. But let's go at it step 
by step:

You cast the spell. At that time, you target a player. (Usually your 
opponent, but you could use this on yourself to get closer to threshold, 
for instance, or in a Reanimator deck.)

Assuming it is not countered, it sets up an effect whereby the top 6 
cards of the target player's library will be moved to the graveyard.

Now, each player in priority order (usually that means caster, then 
opponent) has a chance to stop this from happening. If they decide they 
want to stop it, they allow Book Burning to deal 6 damage to them. If 
not, they pass, and the next player (in priority order) gets a chance. 
If no one prevents it, then the cards move to the graveyard.

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