Continuing After Concession

In a two-player game, concession leaves one other player, who wins. In a team game, the conceding player’s entire team loses and is removed. A continuing free-for-all follows the removal steps; the departing player stops making choices and influencing play.

Example - Four becomes three The order is A → B → C → D. B concedes. A, C and D remain, so the game continues in their preserved order. Use the remaining players rather than restarting setup or treating it as a fresh three-player game.

Banish all permanents (units and gear, the Main Deck types that remain on the board after being played), Runes and facedown cards the departing player owns or controls. Either relationship is enough; both are not required. Cards leaving the board for another zone, such as Banishment or Trash, go to that zone for their owner. Runes, battlefields and legends are not permanents; Runes and facedown cards are included separately by this instruction.

Example - Two borrowed units B controls A’s unit, and C controls B’s unit. Both are included: A’s unit because B controls it, B’s unit because B owns it. A’s unit is banished into A’s Banishment and remains there unless another effect changes that. It does not return to A’s board. B’s unit is subsequently removed with B’s owned cards.

If B’s contributed battlefield is in use, Replace it with a token battlefield (a battlefield created by the game) with no abilities. Units and hidden cards belonging to remaining players stay at that location if they were not removed by the preceding step. The replacement preserves the location rather than moving those cards elsewhere.

Continuous effects of the old battlefield immediately stop. For example, if its text gave units there +1 Might, that bonus disappears. A remaining unit with base Might 4 goes from 5 to 4 without moving, and ceases to be Mighty. Recalculate the actual board; do not carry the removed battlefield’s abilities onto the blank token.

Next remove all cards the departing player owns from the game. Then counter (stop without resolving) the spells and abilities they control on the chain. These checks use different relationships: ownership for card removal, control for countering. Do not counter another player’s ability merely because a card they used to control has left.

Example - A response disappears A’s spell waits beneath B’s response. B concedes and the removal procedure counters B’s controlled response. A’s spell can remain on the chain, but must still follow normal resolution and targeting rules. Removing B’s response does not automatically resolve A’s spell.

If B was the turn player, continue to C, the next available player. Focus identifies who can act when the chain is empty during a Showdown, the response sequence for settling a battlefield’s contest or combat. Priority is the opportunity to play or activate at an allowed time. If B held Focus, C receives Focus; if B held Priority, C receives Priority. The relevant holder changes only when the departing player had it.

Check earlier passes too. If removal means every remaining player has already passed Focus, the Showdown ends. If every remaining player has passed Priority, resolve the newest surviving finalized item on the chain (the spell or ability whose choices, costs and legality check are complete) and re-establish Priority normally. In the four-to-three example, do not wait for another pass from B, and do not discard A, C or D’s passes simply because one player left.