Split the Spoils — ruling 1

You decide which opponent chooses the pile while resolving Split the Spoils.

Split the Spoils — ruling 2

A pile may have zero cards in it but, if your opponent chooses that pile, you put all the cards back into your graveyard.

Split the Spoils : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Split the Spoils is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Exile up to five target permanent cards from your graveyard and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Piles can be empty.)

How it works : Split the Spoils

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1June 10, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You decide which opponent chooses the pile while resolving Split the Spoils.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2June 10, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
A pile may have zero cards in it but, if your opponent chooses that pile, you put all the cards back into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.