<p>Anyone can play a Nope card at any time (except for an Exploding Kitten or Defuse Card), from <a href="https://explodingkittens.com/how-to-play/exploding-kittens" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>
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<p>Stop any action except for an Exploding Kitten or a Defuse Card. Imagine that any card beneath a Nope Card never existed.</p>
<p>You can also play a Nope on another Nope to negate it and create a Yup, and so on.</p>
<p>You can play a Nope Card <strong>at any time before an action has begun, even if it’s not your turn</strong>. Any cards that have been noped are lost. Leave them in the Discard Pile. You can even play a Nope on a SPECIAL COMBO</p>
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<p>So yes, if player C wants to block an attack from player A on player B, they can.</p>
<p>See also how the attack rules explicitly use victim and someone:</p>
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<p>(If the <strong>victim</strong> of an ATTACK CARD also plays an ATTACK CARD, their turns are immediately over, and the next player must take two turns.)</p>
<p>If you play an ATTACK CARD and <strong>someone</strong> plays a NOPE on top of it, this means that you still have to draw a card and the next player does NOT have to take two turns.</p>
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Cesar M
<p>Who can play a nope card?  Scenario: Player A plays an attack.  Can player C put down a nope card to block the attack on player B?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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# Exploding Kittens Nope Cards

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-15)

Who can play a nope card? Scenario: Player A plays an attack. Can player C put down a nope card to block the attack on player B?

Thanks

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-15. Score: 6

Anyone can play a Nope card at any time (except for an Exploding Kitten or Defuse Card), from [the rules](https://explodingkittens.com/how-to-play/exploding-kittens):

> Stop any action except for an Exploding Kitten or a Defuse Card. Imagine that any card beneath a Nope Card never existed.
>
> You can also play a Nope on another Nope to negate it and create a Yup, and so on.
>
> You can play a Nope Card **at any time before an action has begun, even if it’s not your turn**. Any cards that have been noped are lost. Leave them in the Discard Pile. You can even play a Nope on a SPECIAL COMBO

So yes, if player C wants to block an attack from player A on player B, they can.

See also how the attack rules explicitly use victim and someone:

> (If the **victim** of an ATTACK CARD also plays an ATTACK CARD, their turns are immediately over, and the next player must take two turns.)
>
> If you play an ATTACK CARD and **someone** plays a NOPE on top of it, this means that you still have to draw a card and the next player does NOT have to take two turns.


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