End of Game Procedures
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Once a game ends, players in the game proceed through the following steps:
Players turn all characteristically-defined, face-down cards in all public zones face-up.
Players determine if the game-winning player has won enough games to have won the match. If a player wins the match, players proceed through go through .
If no player has won the match, players may begin sideboarding for the subsequent game.
After sideboarding is finished, players go through Start of Game Procedures and begin the next game: The losing player may select who becomes the first turn player for the next game. They may do this at any point until step 3 of . If they do not designate a first turn player, they are assumed to be the first turn player.
At the end of a game, any face-down cards in public zones must be turned face-up and revealed to all players before cards are collected for sideboarding and reshuffling.