diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/Game.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/Game.java
index ca7191e97a7..96d34899d76 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/Game.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/Game.java
@@ -515,12 +515,28 @@ public interface Game extends MageItem, Serializable, Copyable<Game> {
 
     Counters getEnterWithCounters(UUID sourceId);
 
+    /**
+     * Get the UUID of the current player who is the Monarch, or null if nobody has it.
+     *
+     * @return UUID of the Monarch (null if nobody has it).
+     */
     UUID getMonarchId();
 
     void setMonarchId(Ability source, UUID monarchId);
 
+    /**
+     * Get the UUID of the current player who has the initiative, or null if nobody has it.
+     *
+     * @return UUID of the player who currently has the Initiative (null if nobody has it).
+     */
     UUID getInitiativeId();
 
+    /**
+     * Function to call for a player to take the initiative.
+     *
+     * @param source        The ability granting initiative.
+     * @param initiativeId  UUID of the player taking the initiative
+     */
     void takeInitiative(Ability source, UUID initiativeId);
 
     int damagePlayerOrPlaneswalker(UUID playerOrWalker, int damage, UUID attackerId, Ability source, Game game, boolean combatDamage, boolean preventable);
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
index 9dbbe2de516..955d3fd510d 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
@@ -3703,11 +3703,17 @@ public abstract class GameImpl implements Game {
 
     @Override
     public void takeInitiative(Ability source, UUID initiativeId) {
-        if (getInitiativeId() == null) {
+        // First time someone takes the initiative
+        if (getInitiativeId() == null) { // 1. Nobody has initiative
             getState().addDesignation(new Initiative(), this, initiativeId);
-        } else if (!getInitiativeId().equals(initiativeId)) {
-            getState().setInitiativeId(initiativeId);
         }
+
+        // Update it every time, even if it doesn't have to change to make the code simpler.
+        // It only really has to change under 2 circumstances:
+        //      1. First time someone takes the initiative
+        //      2. A player taking the initiative when another player currently has it.
+        getState().setInitiativeId(initiativeId);
+
         informPlayers(getPlayer(initiativeId).getLogName() + " takes the initiative");
         fireEvent(new GameEvent(GameEvent.EventType.TOOK_INITIATIVE, initiativeId, source, initiativeId));
     }