<p>While not explicity stated in the rules, my understanding is that Nope reacts to a card (or pair, or triple) <em>just played</em>, in which case once you've drawn the Attack has already resolved and you can't "Nope" it.</p>

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2015-08-12T11:21:57.070Z
Awesome. This sounds accurate.
Chris Pfohl
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more nuanced follow up for @ConMan, what is your take on when a nope card can be played to stop the 'steal a card' from a player move. Like if im playing advanced version and a player plays 3 of the same cards and says I want your difuse card, I can nope it, but what if the player plays 2 of the same cards, reaches out to steal a card, and has their fingers near where my difuse card is. can i nope then? what about once they have their fingers on my difuse card but havent pulled it. can i nope then?
n00b
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2019-12-31T18:26:31.487Z
nevermind just read the rules it states you can play a nope card "You can play a NOPE CARD at any time before an action has begun" so if a player has already reached out to take a card, their reaching out is the 'begining of the action'
n00b
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ConMan
<p>Playing exploding kittens and the game is unclear about the effect of nope cards mid attack. If a player has already drawn one of their attack and it's a nope, can they play it? What happens?</p>

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Effect of nope card mid attack
Chris Pfohl
# Effect of nope card mid attack

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-12)

Playing exploding kittens and the game is unclear about the effect of nope cards mid attack. If a player has already drawn one of their attack and it's a nope, can they play it? What happens?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-12. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

While not explicity stated in the rules, my understanding is that Nope reacts to a card (or pair, or triple) *just played*, in which case once you've drawn the Attack has already resolved and you can't "Nope" it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Awesome. This sounds accurate.  
> **username_2**: more nuanced follow up for @username_1, what is your take on when a nope card can be played to stop the 'steal a card' from a player move. Like if im playing advanced version and a player plays 3 of the same cards and says I want your difuse card, I can nope it, but what if the player plays 2 of the same cards, reaches out to steal a card, and has their fingers near where my difuse card is. can i nope then? what about once they have their fingers on my difuse card but havent pulled it. can i nope then?  
> **username_2**: nevermind just read the rules it states you can play a nope card "You can play a NOPE CARD at any time before an action has begun" so if a player has already reached out to take a card, their reaching out is the 'begining of the action'  

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