The Rest of the Rules B ecause there are no turns, anything that happens at the beginning or end of any phase is ignored. Abilities that are played during a phase can be used at any time. As always, once you use an ability, the permanent is sacrificed. Since there are no life totals, damage is of no consequence to you, though it still gets rid of creatures. If an ability requires you to pay life, you must discard a card from your library for each life you wish to pay.
Some Helpful Hints Try to clear stacks away early.
If there are two copies of the same card on top of a stack, move the one on the shorter stack to the other copy. This will help you eliminate a stack and reduce the chance of a card in your hand matching a card on a stack. Avoid using cards from your hand. The more cards you use from your hand, the less mana you'll have available to play the cards you're trying to eliminate. Remember that you can play face-up cards as if they were in your hand.