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Do you lose the game if you have to draw from an empty library?

The rulebook states this directly, and forum answers agree.

  • Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Object of the Game
  • dacool561 · Community · 2014-02-06
  • Syvanis · Community · 2011-07-17
  • Moonleaf · Community · 2017-06-09

Yes. Running out of cards is harmless until you are required to draw one you cannot; then you lose the next time a player would receive priority.

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