FAQs

Yes!

Yes!

Yes, they will get the benefit as well, if your Abundance affects their sites!

Mana is added to a player’s mana pool during their Start Phase, or when a site enters the realm under their control. So, any sites already in play won’t get the extra mana until the start of your next turn. But, if you play Abundance and then play a site into Abundance’s area of effect, the newly played site will generate extra mana immediately. Also, if you start your turn with a site in Abundance, and then during your Main Phase the site is no longer in Abundance (e.g. Cloud City moving away, Scorched Earth, etc.), you don’t lose the mana that you gained during your Start Phase.

3 mana, because 1 (a site entering the realm under your control) + 1 (Abundance) + 1 (Genesis effect) = 3.

Yes.

Yes. For example, if you have a 5 power Monster, it will deal 1+1+1+1+1, all simultaneously. If you try dealing it to a warded unit, the Ward will prevent all of it. If your opponent has Shield Maidens nearby, each damage will be reduced. If you have Panpipes of Pnom, it will be 2+2+2+2+2 damage instead.

Cards in their hand, or allies in the realm.

If you searched your spellbook, shuffle it. If you end up summoning the extra Illusionist from your hand or cemetery, you may still have searched your spellbook if you wanted.

Yes, this is a triggered ability, which can trigger on your opponent's turn as well, if Adtonitum moves.

Yes, since "you" or "your" refers to the controller of the artifact, and carriable artifacts must be carried to be controlled.

Yes. Any spell the Omphalos casts much match at least one of its elements.

Correct! Damage is still dealt to your avatar for effects that care about dealing damage. You just don't lose the game as a result!

When it enters the realm, and at the start of its controller’s turn.

It will strike for 3 (with the +1 power from Ward). If the opposing minion somehow struck first (perhaps via a Lance), then the ward would indeed break first and then the Angel Ascendant would only strike back for 2.

Use the printed cost of the magic as its power, regardless of how much mana you actually spent to cast it. Note that magics with X as their cost work appropriately, based on the unmodified cost of the spell when you cast it.

Yes, because of the golden rule. If you pay 7 mana for your Arcane Barrage Spirit minion, it will have 7 power while in the realm.

"Basic copy" refers to the printed characteristics of the card, which means Selfsame will try to become a magic. But magics cannot exist in the realm, so Selfsame Simulacrum would immediately go to the cemetery and there would be no effect of the magic. Sorry!

No. Treat the textbox of the magic as entirely blank, though it retains its elements and rarity. For example, if you cast Craterize as Spirit minion, you do not need to discard a site as an additional cost, and it will be summoned as an 8 power, Elite earth minion.

Yes!

When it enters the realm, and at the start of its controller’s turn.

Yes, since you're still casting it (and not summoning it directly).

Yes, but you must declare a legal step if you can, using the normal lookahead rules described in "Range of Motion."

No. There's no way back from being banished, which overrides the part of resolution that would place the card in the cemetery.

Yes.

No, any of your spellcasters can cast the copied spell.

If you cannot cast any of those three spells, they remain banished and nothing else happens. You did not cast a spell. (If you can cast one of the three, you must.)

No, because the Archimago’s ability is an activated ability, which you can only use during your Main Phase when nothing is on the Storyline.

Yes! Leave a Skeleton behind each time the Army enters a new location (or takes damage).

“Fire damage” is any damage from a fire source, such as a fire minion (including strikes), a fire site, or a fire spell.

Morgana le Fay casting Lightning Bolt is not fire damage, since Lightning Bolt is an air spell. Apprentice Wizard casting Firebolts is fire damage because Firebolts is a fire spell (and in fact would be 3 separate instances of fire damage). Anyone casting Grapple Shot that sends a minion into the Phoenix will look at the minion making the strike; if it’s a fire minion, it’s fire damage.

If the Phoenix attacks and there are multiple defenders, each defending fire minion that strikes it counts as a separate source of fire damage.

If you cast the spell, the mana cost is X. For example, if you cast it for 2 mana, then Immortal Throne would see it as a 2 cost spell. But, if you aren't casting the spell and it's simply in your hand, spellbook, etc., then X is 0 until you actually cast it.

Yes, since Atlantean Fate only affects the site once it’s already in play, and Rift Valley modifies how it’s played in the first place.

Yes. It’s still affected by the aura, but that effect doesn’t do anything to Ordinary sites, other than the Genesis ability.

Anything that occupies exactly 1 location.

No.

The body of water (if any) that your Avatar currently occupies. If the Avatar isn’t in any body of water, the ability won’t function. (They're a fish out of water!)

Yes.

Yes. You can and you must.

No.

Yes (but remember the spellcaster must be in the same region as all the targets).

No. Your spellcaster must target both minions (which are in different regions), but that's impossible since you pick a single location the spellcaster occupies for casting a spell. You can only target minions in the region where the spell is being cast. See "Casting Spells" for more details.

Yes! Resolve the damage (and any deathrites) from the first hit, then bounce for the second hit, resolving that damage, then bounce and resolve the third hit.

At the first location of the projectile’s path, it cannot hit allies or the caster, even if it hits an enemy there first. If the Ball Lightning leaves the first location, it could bounce back and hit allies or the caster later in its path.

No. But the ball can hit other units at that location after changing direction, bouncing back and forth.

Yes. If you choose to resolve this effect, you must deal 2 damage to one unit at each other location in the chosen direction.

Yes.

No. An interception does not cause an "attack," and instead is merely a fight between the unit that used "Move and Attack" and the unit that intercepted.

Yes. An attack was made, and then a minion was killed. As long as your attacking unit used the Move and Attack ability and then got kill credit, this ability is satisfied.

Yes. An attack was made, and then a minion was killed. As long as your attacking unit used the Move and Attack ability and then got kill credit, this ability triggers.

Only the minions you're directly carrying count against your limit. Have fun at the carnival!

Bedrock wins, and is not modified in any way.

No! Therefore, the banished minion can be in a different region and/or have Stealth.

Bitter Departed may teleport to any one of the killers to strike it.

The first eight times the cat would die, it doesn't instead. Track it in some reasonable way. If it gains a deathrite, it does not trigger on the first eight lives, since it doesn't actually die.

If the cat is moved to an inhospitable location, e.g. underground or underwater, the game will notice and try to kill it along with any other minions who should die. The other minion's deathrite effects will resolve first, and they'll go to the cemetery. Then the game will notice the cat should die, and continue trying to kill it until it's actually dead and goes to the cemetery.

Yes.

Yes. You can see the spell’s colored frame matches those elements, so Castle Servants is an Air spell, Common Cottagers is an Earth spell, Blacksmith Family is a Fire spell, and Fisherman’s Family is a Water Spell.

Fully complete the first attack, including deathrites. Then, Bladedancer must take a step to a different location to be able to attack a new unit (or the same unit if it's oversized and occupies multiple locations). The step cannot be intercepted, but the attack is an actual second attack, following the normal attack sequence.

Each minion simultaneously deals 1 damage to its site. Then, starting with the active player and then the non-active player, each minion chooses an artifact at it's location to destroy; you must choose an artifact that hasn't been chosen if possible. Then, all the artifacts are simultaneously destroyed. Finally, all minions tap (and won't untap the next time they normally would).

It will use the word “target.”

No. Something like Lightning Bolt (“Deal 3 damage to a random unit at target location”) must target Blasted Oak’s location, but then the random result is still determined randomly

When you target, you must follow Blasted Oak’s restrictions, but you can still choose random outcomes of your choice if you have Kythera Mechanism.

No, and therefore Blasted Oak doesn’t influence where minions may be summoned.

You must target all the units you can that share Blasted Oak’s site, spending as much mana as needed to do so. Once you’ve targeted all those units, you could additionally target other units, if you had sufficient mana. For reference, Chain Lightning reads: Deal 2 damage to target unit nearby. Any number of times, you may spend 2 mana to additionally target a new unit nearby the previous one.

If the Blazing unit moves and attacks, the proper sequence is to resolve the move, then deal 2 damage at each departed location simultaneously, then resolve the attack.

Blaze will still only do 2 damage, since a unit is either along the trail, or not. Each time the Blazing unit stops, it creates a separate trail of fire.

No. Though it clearly departed its location, it never "stops," which is what causes the flame to cause damage. To "stop," a unit needs to move first. (Note that if the Blazing unit somehow died while moving, then Blaze would in fact deal damage when the unit died.)

Yes. The source of the damage is the Blaze spell, not the unit.

No, since the Megamoeba still occupies the sites and thus never departed.

Yes, since "you" or "your" refers to the controller of the artifact, and carriable artifacts must be carried to be controlled.

Yes, this is forced movement, not taking a step themselves.

Yes, this is a misprint. These are not legal for tournament play.

Yes, this is a misprint. These are not legal for tournament play.

Yes!

The same cost you would pay with mana is paid by your life instead.

You cannot pay more life than you have. If you're on death's door, you won't be able to pay any life and Blood Mana won't help you.

Let's say your life is 16 and my life is 20. Therefore, you cast Twist of Fate for 4 mana, but instead of mana, you pay 4 life. Your life is now 12 and the magic goes onto the Storyline. The magic resolves, swapping our life totals. My life is now 12 and your life is 20. Tricky!

You may simultaneously pick up from all adjacent locations. Anything picked up is forcefully moved to the Bogeyman's location. Once it arrives, it is disabled.

When dropping, the minions may be simultaneously dropped at different adjacent locations.

Non-active player chooses a minion. Active player chooses a minion. Both minions enter the realm simultaneously. Then, the non-active player resolves any triggered abilities (like genesis), and finally the active player resolves their triggered abilities.

Yes!

Yes.

Yes.

"Access" occurs if a card would leave the collection or cemetery zone. You may still freely look at your collection and cemetery, and add cards to them.

For example, Archimago must pay 2 to use his ability. Similarly, Deathspeaker must pay 2 to use his ability.

If an effect is resolving (and not paying a cost like Archimago or Deathspeaker), you may choose not to pay the 2 and have that part of the effect fail. For example, Feast for Crows may search the other zones and simply not remove any spells from cemetery.

Yes! As soon as your unit is on the surface, you resolve the treasure effect.

Yes. E.g. It must still be cast to your own site.

All minions with 2 or less power are teleported to the Cage and are carried by it. If the Cage moves, the carried minions move with it. While locked in the cage, the minions remain tapped and disabled. If a minion is somehow no longer carried by the Cage, it is free and no longer disabled. If a minion somehow becomes carried by the Cage (e.g. Swap), it is tapped and disabled.

Yes, by a long shot! In fact, Captain Baldassare's trigger happens as soon as the attack is resolving, even before strikes are made. The trigger for Captain's ability and the Captain dying aren't in the same window of time. The ability triggers first.

It was never summoned to a site, so it's free to roam around the realm! (Unless it was summoned to The Void site, in which case its restriction applies normally!)

It's free to roam around the realm! This could happen because the Castle Haunt is silenced or disabled as soon as it leaves its summoning site, or because it survives via a Ward upon leaving.

If it ever returns to its summoning site, its ability will apply again if it tries to leave again.

Yes. You can see the spell’s colored frame matches those elements, so Castle Servants is an Air spell, Common Cottagers is an Earth spell, Blacksmith Family is a Fire spell, and Fisherman’s Family is a Water Spell.

In this case, “your location” means "a location that your avatar occupies."

Cerberus can't choose to move to a location that is farther from your avatar than its current location. (Count distance using steps that Cerberus would take using its own modes of movement, e.g. Airborne if it gained it somehow.)

No. The first sentence is an additional restriction on summoning.

Whenever your avatar enters a new location, Cerberus in Chains teleports to that location.

Yes.

All targets take the damage simultaneously.

No, that’s not what “new” means. You can only choose new targets that haven’t already been targeted by the spell.

No. Being nearby the previous target is an additional targeting restriction, not a loosening of the targeting rules, so all targets must be in the same region as the caster.

Yes. It teleports to the surface of the site (or void) where it lands.

It deals no damage (even to itself). Since it's now in the void, it is banished (unless it has Voidwalk).

It lands on only a single site, which is the one that it most fully overlaps.

Feel free to use a stand-in.

Yes.

This card as-written represents part of our design philosophy for Sorcery. Apply the birthday candle rule, which is that you must blow the card off your hand in a single breath; if you do not, then the effect fails. If the card falls prior to starting to blow, replace it on your hand. Once you start blowing, if the card falls due to anything other than blowing (e.g. hand movement), the effect fails. Call a judge before resolving this card if you're worried, but please be cool and apply the golden rule!

The teleportation effect doesn’t happen and it deals no damage.

It's a copy, which is a token, so you have unlimited copies, as needed. It doesn't come from your hand or your deck or anywhere else. It's a token!

Specify the number of times you cast Chaoswish, and then proceed with the game. Your opponent will have the chance to copy Chaoswish that number of times!

Click the button on this page!

Be prepared with index cards + pencil, or some other way to track what gets copied!

Note that a copy is a token, so once it leaves the realm, it's banished per normal token rules. Magics (and any other copy) won't end up in the cemetery.

The spell is not cast, and the next player may copy Chaoswish.

When you cast "for free," you don't pay any additional costs. Have fun!

Yes.

It's still your turn, so your opponent still controls their own choices. They can freely choose to copy Chaoswish or not.

On the other hand, if you cast Courtesan Thaïs first, then on your opponent's turn (which you're controlling) you see that they have Chaoswish in hand and you cast it for them, you can keep copying Chaoswish as long as you want; you will decide for yourself and you will decide for them (since you're controlling their turn).

You have a lot of fun?

In a tournament setting, you'll probably hit the round time limit eventually.

Yes. Any spell the Omphalos casts much match at least one of its elements.

Yes!

No. If an oversized minion is now occupying the void, it will be banished. (Megamoeba will still move with Cloud City.)

No.

Yes. You can see the spell’s colored frame matches those elements, so Castle Servants is an Air spell, Common Cottagers is an Earth spell, Blacksmith Family is a Fire spell, and Fisherman’s Family is a Water Spell.

No, all affected locations must be in the same region as the caster. By default, the damage grid is restricted to the caster’s region. If the caster occupies multiple regions (e.g. a oversized unit), pick a single region where you’re casting the spell.

Yes, because it's the same region as the spell effect, even though it's separated by void.

Yes, but it might only feed the worm.

Yes. Note that when you strike, you determine your power first, then you determine how much damage you deal. So an Evil minion with a Lance would still strike a unit for 1 damage, because it has 0 power and then gets +1 damage from the Lance. See "Damage" for more details.

Deal face up, one at a time, taking minions from any cemetery. You choose which minions you deal to each site. The dead minions do not actually "enter" the realm with this effect. Then, damage is dealt simultaneously. Resolve any deathrites, and move minions to cemeteries. Then, banish the dead minions.

Everywhere!

It replaces their type. For example, your Mortals are Undead, and not Mortals at all.

If you control a player, you see all their cards and make all decisions for them. You still must make legal choices for them. For example, you still cannot force their minion to move into the void (without Voidwalk) or attack themselves.

The effects can overlap. They do not add additional turns of control beyond what's specified by card text. For example, Turn 1: Player A plays Courtesan 1. Turn 2: Player B is controlled by Player A due to Courtesan 1's effect, and plays Courtesan 2. Turn 3: Player A is controlled by Player B due to Courtesan 1's effect and Courtesan 2's effect. Turn 4: Player B is controlled by Player A due to Courtesan 2's effect.

The normal version is correct. You still need 2 fire affinity to cast this minion.

If a turn is skipped then there's no actual turn, which means that part of Courtesan Thaïs's effect would wait for that player's next actual turn.

No. Stop it.

Yes. It must be cast during your main phase, to your own site, etc. It's an otherwise normal minion spell being cast, except that it's coming from the top of your library instead of your hand, and costs 1 less.

Yes. You may look any time on your turn, including during your Start Phase and End Phase.

There is a giant meteor landing in the realm! It damages both above and below - surface, underwater, and underground!

Yes, because it's the same region as the spell effect, even though it's separated by void.

No, per normal attack restrictions (which the Crave Golem respects).

Yes, except that it may attack other allied minions if they happen to be the chosen target. It still cannot attack Airborne or Stealth units unless it gains a special ability that allows it to do so.

First, identify all the minions that Crave Golem can attack within its range of motion.

If there are one or more such minions:

• Randomly pick one, then move (if needed), and attack it. This counts as a normal attack and may be defended.
  • For example, if there's one adjacent minion with Airborne and another without Airborne, it will attack the non-Airborne minion 100% of the time (unless Crave Golem somehow gained Airborne).

If there are no such minions:

• Imagine the Crave Golem had unlimited movement. Are there any minions it could attack now?
  • If not, it doesn't move and the ability is over.
  • If so, take one step toward the minion that requires the fewest Crave Golem steps to reach. (Crave Golem's controller's choice if tied.) This movement cannot be intercepted.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes! When you sacrifice something, it dies, and thus triggers deathrite.

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon your earth minions.

Yes. Any spell the Omphalos casts much match at least one of its elements.

See Moving to a Specific Location Via a Special Ability or Magic in the Codex.

Yes.

Yes. Evil can cower safely in the corners!

Yes! The card text uses "affected squares," which include surface, subsurface, and void.

Banish Evil minions first, resolving effects (if any) as a result of their banishment. Then, damage all units occupying those five squares.

Yes.

Yes. Only the casting cost is reduced to 0.

Yes! As long as you control the spellcaster, the game sees it as a spell "you" cast, meaning the player.

Normally no, because Deathrite only triggers when the minion dies, and the Deathspeaker's ability banishes the minion.

But, if you somehow kill the minion at the same time it enters the realm (e.g. Bottomless Pit), then Deathrite would trigger. The token dies because of Bottomless Pit (interrupting the Deathspeaker's ability), Deathrite resolves, then the token copy is banished like all tokens when it dies.

• You cast the minion spell.
  • Pay mana, meet threshold, banish it from the cemetery, identify where it will be summoned.
• The minion enters the the realm. (It is a copy of the banished minion.)
• "Enter the realm" effects trigger and resolve. These include:
  • Genesis abilities.
  • Effects like Wayfaring Pilgrim, Giant Shark, Mariner's Curse, Bottomless Pit, etc. See "Simultaneous Triggers" in the Codex for more details.
• The minion is banished.

The intent is that the Deathspeaker can speak to the dead, invoke their abilities, and then release them into the afterlife (whatever that may be).

See also "Splitting Events on the Storyline" and the example with Tawny plus a site's genesis. The Deathspeaker's ability is analogous, since the minion will enter, splitting the Deathspeaker's ability on the Storyline, the genesis ability will resolve (along with any other triggered abilities based on a minion entering the realm), then it will get banished.

Yes, because events on the storyline are split up when a card enters the realm. See the "Splitting Events on the Storyline" codex entry for more details.

Yes. You control it when it enters the realm, and then it gets banished.

Your current life is immediately reduced to your maximum life.

Yes.

Don't tell me you entered into a contract with a Demon without reading the fine print! The smaller text is all of the rules and stipulations for the casting of this spell!

The order of rarities (from highest to lowest) is: Unique, Elite, Exceptional, and Ordinary. For example, if you control an Exceptional Demon, you could search for an Exceptional or Ordinary spell.

No, this removes Death's Door and then sets your life to 1.

You set your life to 1.

Three damage once.

No, because you don’t have any mana available on your opponent’s turn.

It's not possible to declare an attack against a minion here. If you attack an avatar here and a minion defends, the minion becomes a legal target, per the Defend rules.

No. Dome of Osiros only prevents "attacks" from the Move and Attack basic ability, or other card text that uses the word "attack" (e.g. Crave Golem).

Yes! Count any unit in any square adjacent to the summoning square (including the summoning square itself). Each unit counts once, regardless of how many adjacent squares it occupies.

You must select your set aside Dragon "before setup," which means during deckbuilding. You cannot change it during a tournament. The Dragonlord is loyal to his champion and would not be so fickle!

Yes! The set aside Dragon is intended as a rules reference for both players. You may use a suitable substitute for the set aside Dragon, if needed.

No, power is a characteristic, not an ability. The Dragonlord will only gain the abilities printed in the text box.

No. Avatars cannot gain Stealth.

No. Avatars cannot enter any region other than the surface.

Take exactly one step away from the site, then attack. It doesn't matter if the unit took steps before entering the Dread Thicket, merely that they take exactly one step away from the Thicket and then attack.

Your avatar can't be disabled per their characteristics. Thus, they won't be able to go to sleep, and therefore won't be able to wake up. If you cast this on your Avatar, it will have no effect.

Yes. See "Example - Flood vs. Drought" in the codex.

See "Example - Flood vs. Drought" in the codex.

No. The site itself gains the ability and is doing the damage.

No. Only units can get kill credit, and the site is source of the damage. The triggered ability is the site's ability, not the Druid's. See the "kill credit" codex entry for more details.

No. The Druid grants an ability to the site. If the site is silenced (or can't be modified in the case of Bedrock), then it loses the ability and will not deal damage.

You may include any cards you wish in your collection, following normal deckbuilding rules. If you have 0 copies of a unique card in your deck, you may include 1 copy in your collection. If you have 2 copies of a unique card in your deck, you cannot include any copies in your collection.

No. The units don't gain Burrowing until they're at nearby sites, and you must choose the summoning location when you cast the spell. When you cast the minion spell, it doesn't have burrowing yet, and thus you cannot pick an underground location.

Anything that occupies exactly 1 location.

No.

No. You can rearrange sites with other sites as you wish, but the void squares must remain the same.

No.

In this rare case, Edge of the World would destroy itself.

The effect does not resolve. Examples:
If you try to move Cloud City to the only void square adjacent to Edge of the World, Cloud City won’t move.
If you try to play a site from your hand, it won’t work and your site will remain in your hand.
If you use Earthquake to rearrange sites in a way that Edge of the World isn’t adjacent to void, the entire rearrangement fails (and then you still try to burrow.)
If you have two Magellan Globes in play at the same location and they’re the only thing keeping Edge of the World adjacent to void and they are Dispelled, one is destroyed and other isn’t.

Yes, indeed. Enchantress is a very versatile Avatar, and one that twists the rules to create very interesting games. Be sure to check these FAQs as well as the auras you're looking to animate. Since many auras occupy a 2x2 area in the realm, you may want to learn about oversized units as well.

Whenever you cast a spell, before that spell resolves, but after targets are specified. See the "storyline" entry for more details.

Yes, as long as you can target them (i.e. they are in the same region as the Enchantress). Your opponent still controls the aura minion.

Yes! As long as you control the spellcaster, the game sees it as a spell "you" cast, meaning the player.

No.

Since Magellan Globe is an ongoing effect that connects the top and bottom edges, the oversized unit can occupy 2 locations on the top row and 2 locations on the bottom row. Ensure that game state is clear, using notes as needed.

This ability only allows movement across the borders, not ongoing occupation. Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

Yes, since it doesn't say "atop." Note that it doesn't affect minions in the void, since the void isn't a site.

Please see the golden rule! The point is to actually, literally rip the card up, so it will never be playable again. It is banished after you rip it.

See the rules for that specific tournament, but by default the card is playable. Tournament organizers have latitude to set rules for their events, but one reasonable approach is that you use a deck missing one card for the rest of the tournament (and it's legal to do so).

They get a card of the controller's choice from the controller’s collection (so they get to pick). Hopefully you can still be friends! (They must give you a moment to concede before they rip it.)

The card limits exist only when the game starts; once the game begins, various effects can change your deck composition. So, yes, you are free to get an extra copy of a Unique card via Erik's Curiosa, as long as the card is actually in your collection.

When you would use your avatar's ability (or another ability to play sites without restriction), you may choose to play that site from your collection and banish Ersatz Platz.

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon your minions.

It counts all wards in the realm, on any unit or site!

Yes, resolve the genesis first, including any deathrites. Then, the "strike each other unit" effect resolves.

Yes.

At least one of the summoning sites must include an affected site. The "strike each other unit where it lands" effect occurs on one affected site of your choice (that the summoned minion occupies).

It is no longer carried by the Assassin, and is uncontrolled in the target’s location. Any unit may pick it up normally (including the Assassin, if it happens to be in that location).

Yes. It’s an activated special ability, so Stealth is lost per the normal Stealth rules.

No. You cannot choose to summon a minion underground, underwater, or in the void unless it has the appropriate ability.

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon this minion.

No. Because the Water site is not targeted, and because the card text uses “site” instead of “location,” the site does not need to be in the same region as the caster.

No. To cast a spell, you must specify all targets.

No. Normally the answer is yes, but the card text “above or below” means that normal targeting restrictions are ignored, and the caster can be in any region (surface, underground, underwater, or in the void). As long as there is an adjacent Water site to the caster and a minion occupying that water site, it will get pulled to the caster’s location.

Resolve the first bolt (including any deathrite or other "kills" abilities), then resolve the next one, then resolve the 3rd one. Each bolt must go in the same direction.

Yes. You can see the spell’s colored frame matches those elements, so Castle Servants is an Air spell, Common Cottagers is an Earth spell, Blacksmith Family is a Fire spell, and Fisherman’s Family is a Water Spell.

No. Flagellant must actually take 1 or more damage for you to heal.

No, just 1. But if Flagellant took 1 damage separately five times, e.g. Abyssal Assault or Arcane Barrage, you would heal 5.

Yes. You pick the leftmost or rightmost column, and that is where the Flame Wave starts.

No.

Yes.

Yes. For example, Critical Strike will splash double damage.

Yes. Have fun dual wielding!

No. It’s damage done by the sword artifact.

Yes. For example, that includes Grapple Shot or other strikes, not just attacks from the Move and Attack basic ability.

No. If there's no "struck unit," then it has no location. Also, there are no “other enemies” when there’s no enemy initially. See "enemy" in the codex.

Yes. An attack was made, and then a minion was killed. As long as your attacking unit used the Move and Attack ability and then got kill credit, this ability triggers.

No. The squares merely need to be a Knight’s move apart. Teleportation ignores normal movement restrictions.

See "Example - Flood vs. Drought" in the codex.

Yes. See "Example - Flood vs. Drought" in the codex.

No. Floodplain is an activated ability, which can only be activated during your Main Phase.

Yes, it can be struck, and any strike damage to your Free City will cause your avatar to lose the same amount of life.

Normally, only units can strike, but card text allows the Free City site to strike as if it were a unit with 3 power.

It’s striking as if it were a unit, but it’s still a site. Therefore, it won’t die due to damage. It can still be destroyed by a specific destruction effect (e.g. Sinkhole), but it won't die due to taking damage.

Free City’s ability is a passive ability that gives it the option to attack and defend “normally” once per turn, as if it were a 3 power unit (while actually remaining a site). Therefore, it can only attack on your turn, and defend (presumably on your opponent’s turn) when a unit or Free City itself is attacked by an enemy unit occupying Free City. If Free City would somehow have the chance to both attack AND defend on your turn, it can only do one.

The key word is “here.” Clearly burrowed units are “here.” Airborne and Stealthed units are also “here.” But, to attack Airborne or Stealth, a unit needs some special ability (e.g. Airborne, Ranged, etc.) Since Free City doesn’t have those abilities, it can’t actually target Airborne or Stealthed units with an attack.

Since the ability to attack is granted by a card effect and not a basic ability, no tapping is needed, but it’s still an attack. Therefore, players may declare defenders for the attack normally.

Yes, because only minions are subject to summoning sickness.

No, since the attack is not happening on Free City.

Yes.

No. You only place a rubble if you play an Earth site using the first ability.

The rubble must be placed adjacent to your Geomancer. If there's no void adjacent to your Geomancer, then no rubble is placed.

Yes. Mirror Realm works because it applies as it enters the realm. Valley of Delight works because the Genesis effect of the site interrupts the resolution of the Geomancer's ability; when the second part of Geomancer's ability actually resolves and looks at the site, the site is indeed an earth site. See "Splitting Events on the Storyline" for more details on Valley of Delight interaction, analogous to the Tawny example and splitting the Druid's ability.

Yes.

Yes. (And as usual for an explicit summon effect, you don’t need threshold and you don’t pay mana.)

Yes. This isn't an attack (which has targeting restrictions), but actually a fight (which simply specifies who fights based on card text).

See Moving to a Specific Location Via a Special Ability or Magic in the Codex.

Yes.

Yes.

No, since the unit is not entering or moving between different sites.

See the storyline codex entry for details.

Yes, as long as the path specified is the fewest steps possible to the target.

The movement and fight still occur. The specific resolution is: Unit enters the water site, Shark's ability triggers. You specify the movement steps to reach the target, and they all go on the Storyline. Shark starts moving. It enters the Silence aura, but the effects of the ability are still on the Storyline and aren't removed, so they continue resolving normally.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. It's first summoned (enters the realm), then ongoing effects are applied (e.g. Crusade).

Yes. First, Megamoeba enters, then it grows in power immediately after entering.

No. "Dragged" is equivalent to "Pull," and "Pull" requires each location entered to be closer to the destination. Making any detours wouldn't be getting closer to the Avatar, so the unit cannot take that path.

Deal face up to your back row one at a time. Then, shuffle any non-minions and put them on the bottom of your deck. Now all the minions are summoned simultaneously; resolve any effects of those minions being summoned, e.g. genesis effects. Finally, check to see if you're at Death's Door now, and if so, all the summoned minions gain Charge.

The Beta text is correct.

See the storyline codex entry for details.

No, since it would be shooting a projectile, and disabled units can't do that.

When the Grapple Shot projectile hits the unit, the game adds specific movement steps for the ally to the Storyline: Move A (surface) -> B (surface), Move B (surface) -> C (surface). Then, we start resolving those steps. If Mariner's Curse is on site B, once the unit being dragged reaches site B, it will be submerged, and live. Then the game tries to resolve Move B (surface) -> C (surface), which fails, since the unit isn't on the surface of site B anymore. Thus, there's no strike from Grapple Shot since it didn't reach the hit unit's location.

No. "Dragged" is equivalent to "Pull," and "Pull" requires each location entered to be closer to the destination. Making any detours wouldn't be getting closer to the Avatar, so the unit cannot take that path.

These are both passive effects, so whichever was played last takes precedence.

All sites (including rubble) are flooded for the rest of the game, even sites that enter the realm later.

The non-foil beta text is correct. You may use a foil beta Great Wall in tournament play (or the alpha version), but it must be played with the non-foil beta text; ensure your opponent knows the proper text when it's played.

The Great Wall will stop most kinds of movement on the surface, with a few notable exceptions. Teleportation doesn't cross borders, and if a unit "moves as if adjacent" (e.g. Waypoint Portal), that also doesn't cross borders. Finally airborne units can fly over the wall as they are not moving "on the ground."

The beta text is correct.

Rasputin must be in your cemetery to use this ability. Then, choose the Evil ally you will banish, which may be anywhere and not limited to your own sites. Since Banishing is the cost of the activated ability, resolve the whole activated ability before actually banishing the minion. (This is analogous to the "Sacrifice" rules.) Rasputin gains the printed power and abilities of the ally. Resolve Genesis abilities and any "enter the realm" abilities. Finally, the Banished ally is actually removed from the realm. (Place it under Rasputin as a reminder of the current effect.)

When Reaper kills a minion, the minion is banished instead of dying. In addition, any copies of that minion in play (regardless of who controls them) are also banished. Finally, you search the owner's library of the minion that was killed (and only that player).

When the artifact is animated, it becomes a minion, and thus cannot be carried. The controller of Grösse Poltergeist gets control.

Grösse Poltergeist says you gain control, but the game rules say that anyone carrying the artifact gains control. Grösse Poltergiest takes precedence due to the golden rule, and the controller of Grösse Poltergeist gets control.

No, that's not "flying to." Summon the Guardian Angel to a different location!

See Moving to a Specific Location Via a Special Ability or Magic in the Codex.

No. Targeting (by default) requires the source and the target to be in the same region.

Yes. When an effect has a unit “take steps,” it uses its enhanced move abilities granted by keywords such Voidwalk, Burrowing, Submerge, and Airborne.

No and no. This isn’t the Move and Attack basic ability, which is what requires tapping and can be intercepted.

Yes. When pulling or pushing an oversized unit, choose a single location the oversized unit occupies (and meets the requirement of the effect), and push/pull from there. So, you could choose Site 2: Oversized minion is pulled South, and ends up at 4-5-7-8. OR, choose Site 4: Oversized minion is pulled East, and ends up at 2-3-5-6. OR, choose Site 5: Oversized minion isn’t pulled at all.

Yes. It doesn’t use the word “may.”

Yes! It's effectively a passive ability that can be used whenever you cast a spell on your turn. The golden rule, baby!

Reroll any duplicated results until you have three unique squares.

See Moving to a Specific Location Via a Special Ability or Magic in the Codex.

Yes! Any time your opponent is searching their deck or your deck, they only search the top three cards.

The teleport effect fails, and it remains where it was.

If you searched your spellbook, shuffle it. If you end up summoning a beast from your hand, you may still have searched your spellbook if you wanted.

Yes, as the minion has already tapped, the rest of the Move and Attack will resolve. Once a charge has been sounded in the heat of battle, there’s no stopping it!

Deal face up, one at a time. Then, draw the voidwalk minions and Monsters, and banish the rest. No minions actually "enter" the realm with this effect.

2 damage at the 2nd location. Ice Lance's damage decreases based on locations the projectile enters, not based on how many things it hits or doesn't hit.

Fire sites and fire spells are fire cards. See the "element" codex entry for more details.

Damage from a fire card.

The genesis effect triggers, but you don’t have any mana available on your opponent’s turn, so no.

Consider Avatars unique for purposes of including them in your collection.

You will summon Bruin, flip, ... and then immediately lose the game because you no longer have an Avatar in play! Maybe don't include Druid in your collection?

No. Once the infiltrated minion no longer has stealth, you lose control of it.

Immediately after the strike, before deathrites resolve. For example, if your strike puts them to 2 or less life, they will not be able to pay 3 life.

A strike for zero damage is still considered a strike, so it will still trigger Interrogator's ability.

Yes, obviously!

Not unless you have a burrowed spellcaster or a spellcaster in the void. Since the effect uses the word "target," the spellcaster must be in the same region as the target. (There are four regions: surface, underground, underwater, void.)

Yes. It becomes a minion with the Monster type, and no longer a site.

No.

Assuming it was in play prior to the turn it awakened, it is not summoning sick (since it was already under your control prior to this turn).

Yes. It is an activated ability with no cost and a requirement of 8 water threshold. Like all activated abilities, you can only activate it during your Main Phase when nothing else is happening, but you are not required to activate it.

Yes. The flooded rubble does not provide any affinity to you (since you don’t control it), but the Island Leviathan itself does provide affinity, since that’s aligned with the golden rule. Obviously if the Monster dies, then you lose that affinity.

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon your fire minions.

After both units have taken their step they will fight from their new locations. If either doesn't move, they haven't passed each other and therefore no joust takes place.

Take a snapshot of the cards in the realm. Players should literally take a picture of it on their phone! If you include this card in your deck, you should be prepared to take a picture during the game. Make additional notes as needed to track things like whether a unit has used its Pick Up and Drop ability for the turn, the controller of a Mesmerized minion, or if there's an ongoing effect on a minion like Power of Flight. Players are expected to make additional notes as needed to be able to recreate the state of those cards, if a picture alone is insufficient.

No. Players' life totals will not revert when Kairos's deathrite resolves.

No! It does not include any other zone. The thing to focus on are literally the state of cards in the realm right now.

No, since it's not an "archived card," but instead an ongoing effect that hasn't yet been applied. The test for inclusion in the archive is if the effect is currently applying to a card in the realm. E.g. Whether or not you've discarded a card for Wizard's Den would be included in the archive.

No, it is not entering the realm. Genesis, Stealth, Lance, etc. will not trigger and sites do not generate mana.

Players should look at the picture they took, then return each card to where it was before, though banished cards can never be returned; sometimes knowledge is truly lost. Once Kairos enters the realm, cards will be tracked across zones solely for the purpose of his deathrite. He's that good of a librarian! If tracking a card across zones is not possible due to hidden information, e.g. shuffled into your deck, then the player may return the card from any zone (but never from banished).

Yes.

No. It does not enter the location; simply place it wherever the picture shows. This is not movement. It's like we're rewinding time, not actually moving cards around.

No! Carried artifacts do move with their bearer whenever their bearer moves, but when you "return to its recorded state," that's not considered movement! It's a one-of-a-kind direct placement effect. Therefore, the artifact gets left behind, wherever it is. It's like we're rewinding time, not actually moving cards around.

Yes! If a token was in the realm and archived, it will return to its recorded state when Kairos dies. If the token left the realm (and was thus banished), the token still returns to its recorded state, because there are always unlimited copies of tokens available to the players.

Yes. They remain where they are, though if a recently played or moved site is in the way of a site that's returning to its recorded state, the site that's in the way will get banished! See below for more examples and details.

The site that's in the way gets banished! For example, the realm is archived, then Cloud City moves, then a Lone Tower site fills in the square where Cloud City was archived. Then Kairos dies. The Lone Tower is banished and Cloud City returns to its recorded state!

If Kairos archived the realm with Rubble in it, then Rubble will replace whatever sites are there when cards return to their recorded state, banishing any sites in the way!

For Earthquake, imagine the following sequence: The realm is archived with sites on squares 3, 8, and 9. Then, a Lone Tower is played on square 4. Earthquake gets played, rearranging sites. Kairos dies. The sites now return to their recorded state. That means the sites that were originally on squares 3, 8, and 9 go back to where they were, all simultaneously. The Lone Tower does not change squares because it was not an archived card. If it's now in the way and in square 3, 8, or 9, it will get banished by the site that's returning there. Don't mess with the Archivist!

Enjoy this one:

• I have an Kettletop Leprechaun on Gnome Hollows in square 8.
• You have a Cloud Spirit on Cloud City in square 3.

The realm gets archived. Then:

• Cloud City moves to square 9 and you summon Bluecap Knockers there.
• I cast a Grim Guisarme into the hands of my Leprechaun, who moves to square 9.
• I cast a House Arn Bannerman into the Gnome Hollows.

Then, Kairos dies. All of the following happen simultaneously:

• My Kettletop Leprechaun returns to square 8; even though it's a Gnome Hollows and the Leprechaun has 3 power due to the House Arn Bannerman, remember that the "return" effect is not movement and is not considered "entering."
• The Grim Guisarme is not an archived card, and it remains where it is on square 9. Carried artifacts move whenever their bearer moves, but returning is not a movement effect, so the artifact doesn't automatically come with the Leprechaun.
• The Cloud Spirit and Cloud City return to square 3; this is not movement, and thus Bluecap Knockers does not prevent it. The Bluecap Knockers find themselves in the void and are banished. There is a Grim Guisarme in the void on square 9 now. Had there been a site on square 3, it would have been banished as Cloud City returned to that square.

When in doubt, always apply the Golden Rule, but especially with Kairos!

Whenever a new Kairos archives the realm, that becomes the most recent snapshot for all Kairos deathrite effects. That is, there is only a single archive of the realm at a time. Archivists unite!

Since the deathrite effect and genesis effect will be triggered simultaneously, you may order them as you wish. If you resolve the printed deathrite first, archived cards will return to their recorded state, then the printed genesis effect will not resolve, since Kairos is banished. If you resolve the printed genesis first (as a deathrite due to The Geistwood), the realm will be archived, and then when the printed deathrite resolves, it would return to that very recently archived state, and Kairos would be banished.

It's theoretically possible! If it does happen, the mandatory actions rule will apply to you, and if you have a site in hand, you'll be required to play it. The way it could happen is left as an exercise for the reader!

No! The Storyline isn't archived, and it simply continues to resolve normally after Kairos's deathrite.

For example, I have Infernal Legion in the realm on square 8. Then I summon Kairos and the realm is archived. The Infernal Legion moves to square 3, and I summon Vatn Draconis. During my End Phase, I have simultaneous triggers for Infernal Legion and Vatn Draconis. I choose to order the storyline with Vatn Draconis first, then Infernal Legion. So I resolve Vatn Draconis's ability, which kills Kairos. Kairos's deathrite goes on the storyline and resolves before the Infernal Legion ability. When I archived the realm, the storyline was empty. But that doesn't matter because the storyline is different from the realm. We return cards to their recorded state, placing the Infernal Legion back on square 8, and then continue resolving the current storyline, so the Infernal Legion's ability resolves when it's on square 8, even though the ability was added to the storyline when the Legion was on square 3.

Just one; you must choose unit A, B, or C to be defended.

No, since A is already being attacked, they cannot take the Defend reaction.

The damage is split as the attacker chooses.

Cards that have different element symbols count as a spell of each of those affinities. So Arthur and Guinevere are each an Air spell, an Earth spell, a Fire spell, and a Water spell, all at the same time. But you are still casting them together as a single spell. So, assuming Arthur is your spellcaster’s first spell of the turn, the Stone will offer a discount of 1 mana for Arthur, making him cost 3 mana.

This also means that when Arthur is played he uses up the Stone for that spellcaster's turn because he’s simultaneously the first Air, Earth, Fire, and Water spell played this turn. So the Spellcaster cannot continue to use the stone that turn.

All Mortals, anywhere in the realm.

The King’s controller, since Deathrite triggers while the units are technically still in the realm.

See "Example - Two Kings of the Realm" in the codex.

The player with the King gets the benefit, since they control the Mortal as soon as it’s in play.

Yes. Kingdom of Agartha affects minions everywhere.

Whenever you have three earth affinity! It is not optional; it's a passive ability that's always on while you have the necessary affinity.

You don't get to look at your opponent's hand, but you do get to choose which of their cards they discard (e.g. site or spell).

The most recently played one. See "ongoing effects" for more details.

No. Competing passive abilities are tracked based on when the card entered play.

Land Deed only grants you control of the site that Land Deed occupies.

No. Sites produce mana at the start of your turn and when they enter the realm. Since the site with Land Deed was already in the realm, it doesn’t produce mana merely because you took control of it.

You control the Rubble and your avatar will lose life if the Rubble takes damage, but the Rubble still doesn’t provide mana. i.e. you own a hunk of worthless rock!

Sorry for the confusion, but no, this is not actually an attack! You only get an "attack" from the Move and Attack basic ability, or card text that specifically uses the word attack (e.g. Crave Golem). This card text uses the word "strike," which means the unit simply deals damage equal to its power (and there's no chance for the opponent to Defend, and you can strike Stealthed or Airborne units, etc.)

Yes, but only if the spellcaster is in the void (since Lightning Bolt targets, the spellcaster must be in the same region).

When the Defend window closes (see "Attack" in the codex for details), If only a single enemy unit uses the Defend ability, the Defender is removed from the fight and the original attack target is reinstated. Defenders still arrive one at a time, but if there's only one, the defense effectively is negated (though that one defender still got to tap and move to the attack's location).

The beta text is correct.

The spell costs 2. See "Cost" for more details.

Only where the spellcaster is, not the summoning location.

Yes. Maddening Bells’s ability only cares about the Spellcaster’s position.

Yes, all the steps are simultaneously resolved (which might then provoke a variety of triggers).

Yes.

No. Floodplain is an activated ability, which can only be activated during your Main Phase.

Yes. When pulling or pushing an oversized unit, choose a single location the oversized unit occupies (and meets the requirement of the effect), and push/pull from there. So, assuming Sites 2 and 4 are water sites as well, you could choose Site 2: Oversized minion is pulled South, and ends up at 4-5-7-8. OR, choose Site 4: Oversized minion is pulled East, and ends up at 2-3-5-6. OR, choose Site 5: Oversized minion isn’t pulled at all.

Yes. Ensure that the game state is clear, so all players know which sites the aura occupies, using notes as needed.

Since Magellan Globe is an ongoing effect that connects the top and bottom edges, the oversized unit can occupy 2 locations on the top row and 2 locations on the bottom row. Ensure that game state is clear, using notes as needed.

Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

The grid can span edges of the realm as needed, since they are connected.

Yes.

Yes, as long as they don't change regions. There are exactly four regions in Sorcery: Surface, Void, Underwater, Underground.

Yes.

Yes.

I think you mean edge cases! Let us know if you think of any more we should add. In general, apply the golden rule and have fun!

All cards in your spellbook are considered spells while in your spellbook, so you can draw it normally.

You have no atlas, and thus any effect that causes you to draw sites will not resolve. You don't draw any cards and you don't lose the game.

You cannot choose to draw from your atlas in your start phase.

If an effect cares about spell vs. site while the card is outside of your spellbook, you must follow the effect correctly at the moment the effect resolves.

Several examples:

• If resolve Stone Rain, you must honestly state how many sites you have in your hand at that moment.
  • You can partially remove cards from their sleeves and show the back to demonstrate the accurate count to your opponent, or call a judge in a tournament if you have foil cards (or double sleeve your cards with different inner color sleeves in the case of foils).
• If your opponent plays Pith Imp, you must honestly specify your spells in hand, and randomly select from only those.
• If your opponent attacks your Wizard's Den for the first time and you don't have any spells in hand, you must honestly demonstrate to your opponent that you only have sites in hand.
• If you play Sisters of Avalon and have no spells in hand, you must honestly demonstrate to your opponent that you have no spells.

After an effect resolves that requires you to reveal the number of spells and sites in your hand, you may then mix up the cards in your hand again so that your opponent doesn't know which cards are spells and which are sites.

You are required to sleeve your cards, and they should all be the same. Cards in your spellbook and collection should be indistinguishable whether they are sites or spells.

Yes, because 1+1+1 = 3 damage dealt all at the same time.

If an animated Mariner’s Curse moves and enters a water site, it will submerge itself (if possible) and die (assuming it doesn’t have Submerge). If it hasn’t died, it will then return itself to its owner’s hand. It will not have a chance to attack before its effect resolves, because the move happens before the attack.

When the Grapple Shot projectile hits the unit, the game adds specific movement steps for the ally to the Storyline: Move A (surface) -> B (surface), Move B (surface) -> C (surface). Then, we start resolving those steps. If Mariner's Curse is on site B, once the unit being dragged reaches site B, it will be submerged, and live. Then the game tries to resolve Move B (surface) -> C (surface), which fails, since the unit isn't on the surface of site B anymore. Thus, there's no strike from Grapple Shot since it didn't reach the hit unit's location.

No. It was already there, and remained there (though it may have entered different sites due to its move).

Yes.

Yes. But enemies that already lost Stealth won't regain it.

Yes! The Mayor wants as many votes as possible!

Yes, the target is still valid, but Megamoeba now has +1 power from the extra location it occupies thanks to Dodge Roll.

Megamoeba moves with the site. Megamoeba is mostly treated a normal size unit for movement effects.

Yes. First, Megamoeba enters, then it grows in power immediately after entering.

The Megamoeba moves 2 steps by extending a pseudopod twice (possibly from two different starting locations), and gains 2 power. Then, it strikes all enemies in the starting and destination locations of the pseudopods that took the steps.

Yes. A single pseudopod enters the teleportation destination, and the Megamoeba can become a single oversized unit that spans non-adjacent squares. The Megamoeba is weird.

As soon as it enters the Silence aura, it loses its abilities, but size is considered a characteristic and thus persists. Therefore, it continues to occupy all the locations, but it doesn't get the +1 power per location. It will move like any other oversized unit (albeit potentially strangely shaped).

Yes. Megamoeba is weird.

Choose a specific location it occupies and pull / push a single pseudopod from there.

Yes.

Yes! If Megamoeba uses Move and Attack, then doesn't attack, any enemy that shares a location with them may tap to intercept.

It can occupy both the surface location and the subsurface location on a site, and each occupied location will grant +1 power, per card text. 40 power Megamoeba, here we come!

If any part of unit occupies an inhospitable location, it dies. So, the Megamoeba would die in this case.

It occupied all the locations it was carried through.

If you cast Mephistopheles, your Avatar is banished. Mephistopheles is now your Avatar. He retains Unique rarity, Demon type, and Air element, but he's no longer a minion and only an Avatar. Your current and maximum life remain the same. Notably, you won't be able to play sites normally because Mephistopheles doesn't have that ability. You will still be able to cast spells because Avatars are spellcasters as one of their characteristics.

If you manage to summon Mephistopheles without casting him, then he will not replace your avatar, but his second ability will still function.

This is a passive ability, usable any time on your turn, including during your start phase before you draw a card. But, you may still only cast spells when they are normally permitted to be cast (i.e. during your Main Phase when nothing else is on the storyline other than this ability). Technically, if a Crave Golem were attacking during your Start Phase, Merlin could cast a Dodge Roll then!

Yes. "Border" means adjacent squares, not including diagonals.

No, because Miracle Workers only return minions from the cemetery, and deathrites resolve while the minions are still in the realm. The Miracle Workers could return other minions that died earlier that turn and were in the cemetery.

When using the Pathfinder's ability, you reveal the site, then play it in an adjacent Rubble or void (then Pathfinder moves there). Mirage's ability cannot be combined with Pathfinder.

By the time Mirror Realm enters the realm, it's already a copy. Thus, it can copy a nearby site, and then promptly loses all abilities of that copied site (but still is the copy, without abilities). See "Apply Ongoing Effects In Order" in the codex for nitty-gritty details.

Mirror Realm remains a copy, but any abilities that were printed on the original site are now ignored.

Yes, it’s as if you had the exact same card.

Yes.

The cemeteries are still swapped, and you protect everything in "your" cemetery (which is really your opponent's).

Yes.

See "Only It Can Cast" in the codex.

“Here” references Mother Nature’s exact location.

It's step by step movement!

No!

See Moving to a Specific Location Via a Special Ability or Magic in the Codex.

A card's size is generally set when it enters the realm, and is considered one of its characteristics, not an ability. It will not resize.

Since Magellan Globe is an ongoing effect that connects the top and bottom edges, the oversized unit can occupy 2 locations on the top row and 2 locations on the bottom row. Ensure that game state is clear, using notes as needed.

This ability only allows movement across the borders, not ongoing occupation. Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

Yes. Though summoning is included in “entering,” it is not moving on the ground. So you can summon all you want, since summoning isn’t moving.

Technically, my adjacent minion (without Airborne or Voidwalk) could tap to declare a defense, but it wouldn’t move to the Mountain Pass, since your attacker is already there. So, my minion would just end up tapped where it started, without actually redirecting the attack. It would almost certainly be better to not declare the defense.

Entering on the ground only covers movement from the surface of an adjacent site to the surface of the Mountain Pass, excluding Airborne and teleportation.

Yes, since moving on the ground requires the unit to start from the surface of a site. Since the void isn’t a site, moving from the void to Mountain Pass isn’t considered moving on the ground.

No, you simply target the site, and then the proper action is applied. If a water site is the target, minions there are surfaced. If a land site is the target, minions there are unburrowed.

Choose left or right, and apply it to every unit at land sites in the column.

Yes.

The normal version is correct. The text should be "Spellcaster here." The alternate art version is not legal for tournament play.

Yes, all of those effects are movement. With Chaos Twister, don't even attempt to blow the card if the target is an ally nearby Old Salt Anchorman.

No, your opponent can still rearrange sites, because that doesn't count as moving the units, just the sites.

When it enters the realm, and at the start of its controller’s turn.

Yes.

No. Normally the answer is yes, but the card text “above or below” means that normal targeting restrictions are ignored, and the Harpooneers can be in any region (surface, underground, underwater, or in the void). As long as there is an adjacent Water site to the Harpooneers and a minion occupying that water site, it will get pulled to the Harpooneers' location.

No. Because the Water site is not targeted, and because the card text uses “site” instead of “location,” the site does not need to be in the same region as the Harpooneers.

Yes. You cannot lose the game due to taking damage, but taking damage and losing life will reduce your life total if possible. See "Death's Door" for more details.

Yes!

Round up the life loss. For example, if you had 3 life, you'd lose 2, ending up at 1.

The beta text is correct.

You must play your first site turn 1 under the Pathfinder per the game rules.

Yes, sites immediately generate mana when they come into play.

When using the Pathfinder's ability, you reveal the site, then play it in an adjacent Rubble or void (then Pathfinder moves there). Mirage's ability cannot be combined with Pathfinder.

Since it's not the first turn of the game, you aren't forced to play under yourself. The Pathfinder offers an alternate way to play sites, and thus you could play it adjacent if you wanted.

When using the Pathfinder's ability, you reveal the site, then play it in an adjacent Rubble or void (then Pathfinder moves there). With Rift Valley, you could use its ability to make a void adjacent to Pathfinder, then play it there (and Pathfinder would then move there).

Yes, you may use the ability. Assuming a normal site (and not Rift Valley) is on top of your atlas, you'll reveal it, do nothing, and then put it back on top of your atlas.

Yes. Summoning sick units can’t be tapped to pay costs.

No, you must choose only one option each turn.

Yes! Branding does not target, and therefore you can choose minions in different regions and/or those with Stealth. This can combo successfully with other cards that care about minions being Evil!

Yes, you can still brand them, and your cards will still treat them as Evil. They aren't actually being modified or becoming Evil; your cards just treat them that way.

No, because only your cards treat it as Evil. Also, branding does not target, so Ward won't break for that reason either.

Yes! See "Closest" for more details.

Only the minions you're directly carrying count against your limit. Have fun at the carnival!

Yes.

Cards that have different element symbols count as a spell of each of those affinities. So Arthur and Guinevere are each an Air spell, an Earth spell, a Fire spell, and a Water spell, all at the same time. But you are still casting them together as a single spell. So, assuming Arthur is your spellcaster’s first spell of the turn, the Stone will offer a discount of 1 mana for Arthur, making him cost 3 mana.

This also means that when Arthur is played he uses up the Stone for that spellcaster's turn because he’s simultaneously the first Air, Earth, Fire, and Water spell played this turn. So the Spellcaster cannot continue to use the stone that turn.

Yes, that does seem fun!

You can summon each of them to whatever locations will cause maximum annoyance.

This ability only allows movement across the borders, not ongoing occupation. Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

No. It is permanently a Frog token, and occupies a single location.

The controller of the transformation effect chooses which location the Frog token occupies.

Yes, sites immediately generate mana when they come into play.

Yes. The genesis ability creates an effect that lasts until the start of your next turn.

Cards that have different element symbols count as a spell of each of those affinities. So Arthur and Guinevere are each an Air spell, an Earth spell, a Fire spell, and a Water spell, all at the same time. But you are still casting them together as a single spell. So, assuming Arthur is your spellcaster’s first spell of the turn, the Stone will offer a discount of 1 mana for Arthur, making him cost 3 mana.

This also means that when Arthur is played he uses up the Stone for that spellcaster's turn because he’s simultaneously the first Air, Earth, Fire, and Water spell played this turn. So the Spellcaster cannot continue to use the stone that turn.

After randomly determining the dead minion, you may summon it anywhere.

You can conjure it anywhere.

After the throw, Rhongomyniad is in the final location along its path, and is not carried by any unit.

If multiple units in the same fight have an ability that allows them to strike first, they strike at the same time. Then any surviving units without that ability make their strikes.

Try this riddle: Which spell will I draw? Fooled you! Neither of them! (Yes, you can draw a site.)

No. That’s not what “pull apart” means.

Choose a row or column with two adjacent sites and at least one void. Then, “pull apart” the two adjacent sites as follows: one site stays in its current square, and the other site (along with all other contiguous sites in its row or column) shifts one square. Put Rift Valley in the void that was just created. The shifting of sites and the arrival of Rift Valley happen simultaneously.

Yes, since Atlantean Fate only affects the site once it’s already in play, and Rift Valley modifies how it’s played in the first place.

Rift Valley enters the realm using its ability, and only loses its ability once it's in the realm (which by then, it doesn't really matter).

Yes.

No.

When using the Pathfinder's ability, you reveal the site, then play it in an adjacent Rubble or void (then Pathfinder moves there). With Rift Valley, you could use its ability to make a void adjacent to Pathfinder, then play it there (and Pathfinder would then move there).

Yes.

Since it's not the first turn of the game, you aren't forced to play under yourself. Rift Valley offers an alternate way to play a site, and thus you could pull apart a row and play it there if you wanted.

No, because minions in the void aren’t “aboveground.”

When pulling or pushing a oversized unit, choose a single location the oversized unit occupies (and meets the requirement of the effect - e.g. adjacent), and push/pull from there.

Yes. Half the healing (rounding down), then half the healing again (round down). So Divine Healing would heal 1 with two Rivers of Blood in play.

Yes! Those bells are so loud (and still nearby the caster).

Yes. Pick surface or underground when you cast the spell (or underwater if it's flooded).

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon this minion.

The Rolling Boulder continues until it would repeat a step (i.e. back to where it started), and then stops instead of repeating a step. It doesn't do 8 damage on the starting location, since a location is either along its path or not.

Yes. It's dangerous to play with boulders.

It travels in a chosen cardinal direction, staying within the same region.

Nothing (it turns into more Rubble, and thus doesn't change).

After effects concurrent with striking (e.g. after gaining life via Daperyll Vampire), but before any Deathrite abilities resolve. It's in the same moment that Stealth would break due to striking.

When it enters the realm, and at the start of its controller’s turn.

This ability only allows movement across the borders, not ongoing occupation. Units cannot balance on the edge of the realm and an oversized unit that finds its way there falls to one side or the other. Its controller places it in the closest legal position, controller's choice if tied.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. (Remember Avatars cannot be destroyed.)

Yes. “Any number” includes zero.

No, since the Scourge Zombies must be in the cemetery for their ability to trigger when the mortal dies.

Yes. After units are killed, there is time for effects to resolve (e.g. Deathrite) before minions are placed in cemeteries. This effect resolves in the same window of time as deathrites.

Yes. An attack was made, and then a minion was killed. As long as your attacking unit used the Move and Attack ability and then got kill credit, this ability is satisfied.

Yes!

Deal 1 lethal damage, or 6 damage all at once. Multiple sources of simultaneous damage will work. For example, if the Hydra attacks and two Bosk Trolls defend, the Hydra will be killed.

Note that damage done one at a time, e.g. Arcane Barrage, would not kill it, since each individual 1 damage would be immediately healed.

Selfsame Simulacrum becomes an aura (not a minion), since that’s the actual text on the animated aura. As soon as Selfsame Simulacrum is an aura, it expands to its proper size based on card text (and default aura rules), and must continue to occupy the location that was specified during casting.

No. When you cast a minion spell, you specify where the minion will enter the realm at time of casting. When the minion actually enters the realm (i.e. it’s summoned), that’s when Selfsame Simulacrum’s copy ability applies. Without Submerge / Burrowing / Voidwalk when it’s cast, Selfsame Simulacrum can’t use those abilities to change where it’s summoned.

Yes.

Selfsame Simulacrum remains a copy, but any abilities that were printed on the original copy are now ignored.

0, because each source of damage is reduced by 1!

Yes. Summoning sick units can’t be tapped to pay costs.

A card's size is generally set when it enters the realm, and is considered one of its characteristics, not an ability. It will not resize.

It still silences other minions but it also silences itself.

Yes!

No, Morien cuts them down immediately, like the total badass he is.

How dare you!? Sir Tom Thumb is no mere trinket. He's a fully autonomous being and acknowledges no other controller!

Yes!

After declaring their movement path but before actually moving, Skirmishers may shoot. (The game will lookahead to see if your declared path will actually result in movement, ignoring all triggered abilities but considering all ongoing effects.) Alternately, Skirmishers may shoot when they enter a new location during basic movement. They get one shot total during their basic movement, regardless of how far they move.

Note that basic movement includes movement from a basic ability, i.e. Move and Attack, and Defend.

Yes! While Slimy Mutants are in your hand, you may pay 3 and resolve the effect.

Yes, assuming she isn't killed.

See "Example - Two Smokestacks of Gnaak" in the codex!

By the time Mirror Realm enters the realm, it's already a copy. Thus, it can copy a nearby site, and then promptly loses all abilities of that copied site (but still is the copy, without abilities). See "Apply Ongoing Effects In Order" in the codex for nitty-gritty details.

Rift Valley enters the realm using its ability, and only loses its ability once it's in the realm (which by then, it doesn't really matter).

Yes! The projectile's path determines which locations are affected by the rest of the snowball, gathering up everything along the way, just as you'd expect giant snowball physics would work after watching all those Saturday morning cartoons.

Yes! As long as you control the spellcaster, the game sees it as a spell "you" cast, meaning the player.

Yes.

Yes, because it's dealing the damage directly via it's ability. (Damage from a lightning bolt cast by the Sparkmage would not be lethal.)

Yes. The Sparkmage ability considers printed threshold on the spell.

You choose where the spear teleports, which will be a single location the minion occupies.

Sorry for the confusion, but no, this is not actually an attack! You only get an "attack" from the Move and Attack basic ability, or card text that specifically uses the word attack (e.g. Crave Golem). This card text uses the word "strike," which means the unit simply deals damage equal to its power (and there's no chance for the opponent to Defend, and you can strike Stealthed or Airborne units, etc.)

Yes, because of the golden rule. Be cool!

Both take 1 damage each, which results in their simultaneous death. That triggers Squirming Mass's ability, which means its gains +1 power, but it's already dying, and merely gaining power isn't enough to save it. (Something specifically that saves a unit from death would be necessary, like Gilded Aegis.) In this example, both minions are placed in the cemetery.

The current power of the minion that dies.

No! If the spellcaster is dead before their spell resolves, the spell will not resolve at all. See "Source is No Longer in the Realm" for more details.

No. The effect only allows you to break the restriction of choosing one of your own sites, but not the rule about summoning atop the site.

No. This effect simply provides additional locations where you may summon your minions.

Yes! As soon as your unit is on the surface, you resolve the treasure effect.

Yes. Target one (minion or artifact) and target another (minion or artifact).

The two cards are simultaneously teleported to each other's location. If one of the targets cannot be targeted or teleported (e.g. Iron Man Talus), neither target moves.

If either card was being carried by a unit, that unit will be carrying the newly swapped artifact/minion, due to the golden rule.

For example, if two carried artifacts are swapped, the bearers will be carrying their newly swapped artifacts (even if they both are in the same location).

If a minion is swapped with an artifact, presumably the minion will be immediately dropped (unless the new bearer can carry minions) and the artifact will not be carried (unless the swapped minion was being carried before it was swapped).

Choose one of the locations the oversized unit occupies as the destination of the other card. See "Teleporting Oversized Units" for more details.

Yes! As long as you control the spellcaster, the game sees it as a spell "you" cast, meaning the player.

Yes, he's very tired and in need of a rest.

You may play The Apex of Babel onto the same square as The Base of Babel! (If you have multiple copes of The Base of Babel in the realm, choose one.) If you do, they merge into a single site called The Tower of Babel. When you build it by playing the Apex, resolve the effect on The Apex of Babel.

The Tower of Babel is considered a single site that provides 2 mana and , and is both Unique and Exceptional. (The turn you play it, you gain 1 more mana since the Base was already in play.) If it's destroyed, both The Apex of Babel and The Base of Babel go to your cemetery. If it's copied, e.g. Mirror Realm, the copy will provide 2 mana, etc., but you won't get the build bonus again.

For all purposes, The Tower of Babel is considered a single site.

You may play The Apex of Babel onto the same square as The Base of Babel! (If you have multiple copes of The Base of Babel in the realm, choose one.) If you do, they merge into a single site called The Tower of Babel. When you build it by playing the Apex, resolve the effect on The Apex of Babel.

The Tower of Babel is considered a single site that provides 2 mana and , and is both Unique and Exceptional. (The turn you play it, you gain 1 more mana since the Base was already in play.) If it's destroyed, both The Apex of Babel and The Base of Babel go to your cemetery. If it's copied, e.g. Mirror Realm, the copy will provide 2 mana, etc., but you won't get the build bonus again.

For all purposes, The Tower of Babel is considered a single site.

Yes. The site doesn't provide mana normally, but if it's modified in some way (e.g. Abundance), then it can provide additional mana. 0 + 1 = 1.

Yes. The site doesn't provide affinity normally, but if it's modified in some way (e.g. Flood), then it will.

No. Meet your doom!

No, because Miracle Workers only return minions from the cemetery, and deathrites resolve while the minions are still in the realm. The Miracle Workers could return other minions that died earlier that turn and were in the cemetery.

Since the destruction is simultaneous (e.g. Roots of Ygdrassil), all Deathrites will resolve before cards are moved to the cemetery.

You may summon the Haunts to an affected site, and they must be burrowed. But the Haunts won't gain Charge and Evil Presence will remain in the realm because the Haunts were not summoned "here" according to Evil Presence, since Evil Presence occupies the surface (and perhaps the void), not underground.

No other units at the location.

Playing a site, which costs 0, or casting a spell.

Cost in this case means "printed cost."

Yes. Use the text for the normal version. The foil version is not legal for tournament play.

Yes!

Yes! It is a void, so they can choose to cast their Voidwalk minions to here if they wish.

Yes! The target is in the same region (void) as the spellcaster, so it can be targeted!

The site still has both a surface and subsurface, but those locations also count as void simultaneously. It has a surface + void location, and a subsurface + void location.

Minions without voidwalk that enter the site will immediately be banished.

Spells cast from the surface + void location can target cards that are in the surface or the void, for example.

Projectiles cantravel from the surface + void location into the void.

Yes.

The beta text is correct.

No. They would need to enter the underground location to flood it, and they cannot enter underground locations without burrowing.

Yes!

Yes. Any spell the Omphalos casts much match at least one of its elements.

The intent is that a 1 power minion with 1 damage + the Trinket would survive the turn.

The beta text is correct.

Yes. The bearer can target stealthed minions with spells, shoot them with projectiles, attack or intercept them and even defend against their attacks.

0, because all three Foot Soldiers did damage at the same time, tied for first, and thus all are prevented!

No, this is setting life.

You can cast it, and your opponent will go to 0 life, being put at Death’s Door and becoming immune to damage for the rest of the turn. You will still remain at 0 life since you can’t gain life once you’re at death’s door.

If you cast the spell, the mana cost is X. For example, if you cast it for 2 mana, then Immortal Throne would see it as a 2 cost spell. But, if you aren't casting the spell and it's simply in your hand, spellbook, etc., then X is 0 until you actually cast it.

The normal version is correct. You only need 2 air affinity to cast this minion.

Yes!

Yes.

No, because it’s a “normal step,” which doesn’t allow changing regions.

When pulling or pushing a oversized unit, choose a single location the oversized unit occupies (and meets the requirement of the effect - e.g. adjacent), and push/pull from there.

No. Unland Eel can only drag a minion that shares its location.

Yes. They only get the benefit if they are the true vanguard, with a single minion being the farthest forward.

The row of squares closest to you is 1, then the next row is 2, then 3, then 4. The higher the number, the farther forward it is.

Yes, as long as the effect says “target”. You’ll need to bring in a specialized exterminator to flush out these hidey-holes.

Yes, it will submerge itself. You cannot choose to submerge only some of the minions and artifacts.

No, because a unit doesn't enter the site if the unit was already present in the square when the site was played.

An avatar stops when there is no additional movement for that unit on the Storyline. A unit must first move to then stop.

Once per game total. They took time to loot the vaults! (If two avatars somehow stop on the vaults simultaneously, they will both be tied for first, and will both loot the vaults.)

If a turn is skipped then there's no actual turn, which means that part of Courtesan Thaïs's effect would wait for that player's next actual turn.

Vindictive Nation protects the sites it was nearby before the move. For example:

• I = Vindictive Nation
• R = Rubble
• A = Allied Site

My opponent casts Earthquake and rearranges the two rightmost sites:

Even though site A moved and is now nearby Vindictive Nation, my opponent doesn't lose any life because A wasn't nearby Vindictive Nation before the move.

Alternately, if we started from the second situation and Earthquake moved sites into the first situation, my opponent would lose 3 life because they moved a site that was nearby Vindictive Nation (even though the site ended up no longer nearby).

No, because Smokestacks silences them first. Vindictive Nation's ability is effectively a triggered ability, while Smokestacks are a passive ability that generates an ongoing effect. Ongoing effects are applied before triggered abilities can trigger.

Yes! They are very vindictive.

Yes, since Flooded is an ability that gets added to the site.

Anywhere! The realm, your hand, and cemetery, and even while in the middle of your spellbook.

Not by default. Avatars don’t have the printed ability “Spellcaster,” so Vivien must gain the Spellcaster ability another way, e.g. a minion with the printed Spellcaster ability.

No.

She summons Bruin and then flips. As a flipped card with nothing on the back, she has no game text and will effectively do nothing for the rest of the game. She is no longer a minion, has no card type or abilities, etc. The flipped card can exist in the void, and technically she could turn off Pristine Paradise, and would be destroyed by Roots of Yggdrasil.

No. (They are not atop the site.)

An animated Wall of Air can’t move (unless it gains power), since it has a Wall of Air in its middle! If it gains power (or teleports) and manages to move, the Wall of Air applies between the two squares it occupies.

No. "Border" means adjacent squares, not including diagonals.

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Moving through in any way, whether willingly or by force. For example, a unit moved by Grapple Shot or Pudge Butcher would take damage from the Wall of Fire. Note that a teleported unit doesn’t pass through borders, and thus wouldn't be affected.

Yes. (They are atop the site.)

No. "Border" means adjacent squares, not including diagonals.

It can move, but units are not passing through the Wall of Flame due to its own movement. After moving, its effect will apply between the two squares it occupies.

No. (They are not atop the site.)

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An animated Wall of Ice can’t move normally, since it has a Wall of Ice in its middle! If it gains Airborne (or teleports, etc.) and manages to move, the Wall of Ice applies between the two squares it occupies.

This effect applies a doubling throughout the turn. If the unit gains or loses power, apply any additions or subtractions first, then double.

Choose a cardinal direction from your water site. Forcefully move all enemies from your water site one step in the chosen direction and flood that site. Trigger and resolve any effects related to minions entering or the site being flooded. Then repeat the process until you reach the edge of the realm.

The flood and push effect will continue even across a void, but minions cannot be forcefully moved across regions.

Each site will be flooded at the same moment as the minions arrive, so a submerged minion being evicted will also be submerged on the new site (and there will never be a moment where it's pushed onto the new site without the new site also being flooded).

The newly flooded site becomes flooded at the same moment the previously flooded site stops being flooded. If you choose the same site, there is no moment when the site isn't flood.

Yes! Imagine a big wave washing over the Bedrock, knocking everyone over, and then the water dissipates due to Bedrock.

The body of water (if any) that your Avatar currently occupies. If the Avatar isn’t in any body of water, the ability won’t function. (They're a fish out of water!)

Yes, as long as it's nearby your body of water.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

No, because you don't have any path if you don't move. A path involves 1 or more steps, and each step has a starting and ending location that's different (if your step is from a location to the same location, you didn't actually move anywhere.)

Once it leaves play, a Wildfire forgets all the places it visited. If you have multiple Wildfires in play, track them each separately.

Attack triggers are still satisfied (e.g. Captain Baldassare), but the attack otherwise ends (assuming there aren't any units left to fight). The attacker will not strike, and the target of the attack will not revert to the original target (if any).

Yes. To actually evade the attack, they must teleport to a location that the attacker doesn’t occupy.

Yes, all the steps are simultaneously resolved (which might then provoke a variety of triggers).

No. Since this is forced movement (and not normal unit movement), “one step” means a single adjacent location. (And “adjacent location” means an adjacent square in the same region.)

Since all of the movement is simultaneous the artifact always shares a location with the unit, so it was never dropped and continues to be carried.

Attack triggers are still satisfied (e.g. Captain Baldassare), but the attack otherwise ends, assuming there aren't any units left to fight. The attacker will not strike.

Only the minions you're directly carrying count against your limit. Have fun at the carnival!