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Does the player who goes first draw a card on their first turn?

The rulebook states this directly, and forum answers agree.

  • Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Turn Structure
  • Syvanis · Community · 2021-01-06
  • scifiantihero · Community · 2017-06-09
  • Moonleaf · Community · 2017-06-09

No. The player going first skips the draw step on their first turn, and every later turn includes a draw. Forum answers add that in multiplayer games the starting player does draw.

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