<p>Mana burn does not exist as a rule in MTG anymore. It was removed from the rules when they released the 2010 core set.</p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160120014846/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">You can read the introduction of the Magic 2010 rules changes here.</a></p>
<p>Back when the mana burn rule did exist, Time Stop still would cause a player to lose life due to mana burn. This is because mana burn happened automatically whenever a phase ended, and time stop caused the current phase to end. Mana burn did not use the stack, and was simply an automatic game action that occurred.</p>

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This makes me sad.
ProductionValues
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But Braid of Fire is so good now!
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<p>When cards such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Time%20Stop">Time Stop</a> or <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sundial%20of%20the%20Infinite">Sundial of the Infinite</a> that immediately end the turn are cast, are players subject to mana burn for excess mana in their mana pools?</p>

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2014-10-26T16:43:39.283Z
You might want to take a look at the Comprehensive Rules. A lot has changed since fourth edition, including the stack and how damage works.
murgatroid99
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The [basic rulebook](http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/resources/rules/EN_MTGM14_PrintedRulebook_LR.pdf) does at least generally cover how combat damage works (and is a lot faster to read than the comp rules). There's also [this article](http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a) covering the main changes (which happened in Magic 2010) or [this one](http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/46a) with a bit more detail.
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Does immediately ending the turn cause mana burn?
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# Does immediately ending the turn cause mana burn?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-26)

When cards such as [Time Stop](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Time%20Stop) or [Sundial of the Infinite](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sundial%20of%20the%20Infinite) that immediately end the turn are cast, are players subject to mana burn for excess mana in their mana pools?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You might want to take a look at the Comprehensive Rules. A lot has changed since fourth edition, including the stack and how damage works.  
> **username_2**: The [basic rulebook](http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/resources/rules/EN_MTGM14_PrintedRulebook_LR.pdf) does at least generally cover how combat damage works (and is a lot faster to read than the comp rules). There's also [this article](http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a) covering the main changes (which happened in Magic 2010) or [this one](http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/46a) with a bit more detail.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-10-26. Score: 15 | Accepted answer

Mana burn does not exist as a rule in MTG anymore. It was removed from the rules when they released the 2010 core set.

[You can read the introduction of the Magic 2010 rules changes here.](https://web.archive.org/web/20160120014846/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a)

Back when the mana burn rule did exist, Time Stop still would cause a player to lose life due to mana burn. This is because mana burn happened automatically whenever a phase ended, and time stop caused the current phase to end. Mana burn did not use the stack, and was simply an automatic game action that occurred.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This makes me sad.  
> **username_3**: But Braid of Fire is so good now!  

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