Riftbound Spell: Hostile Takeover. [Hidden] (Hide now for [A] to react with later for [0].)
Take control of an enemy unit at a battlefield. Ready it. (Start a combat if other enemies are there. Otherwise, conquer.)
Lose control of that unit and recall it at end of turn. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.) — Illustratie: Grafit Studio

Hostile Takeover Legaal

Spell · Epic · Spiritforged #202 · SFD-202/221

Mind Order Energy5 Power2

Kaarttekst

Hidden (Hide now for willekeurige rune to react with later for 0.) Take control of an enemy unit at a battlefield. Ready it. (Start a combat if other enemies are there. Otherwise, conquer.) Lose control of that unit and recall it at end of turn. (Send it to base. This isn't a move.)

Mechanieken

Hidden

Triggers en effecten

Effecten: take control of an enemy unit · ready that unit · start a combat or conquer · lose control of that unit at end of turn · recall that unit at end of turn

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Gemiddeld 2.5 exemplaren wanneer gespeeld.

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Mind Rune Hidden Blade Order Rune Ornn Plundering Poro

Regels en errata voor deze kaart

§ 13

Moving, Conquering & Control To score, you must conquer battlefields by moving It’s a Showdown! units there. Once you conquer a battlefield, you control Players involved in the combat can play actions or cards it for as long as you have one or more units there…

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§ 359.3.f

4. Some information used by the effect of a triggered ability is referenced from the triggered ability itself, such as “enemy” and “friendly” status. This information is checked on execution of the referencing instruction. Example: Yasuo, Remorseful reads “whe…

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§ 2

[M], then the effect will generate -1 [M] this turn. Example: A unit reads “Units you control here have their Might increased to 5 [M].” This is a passive ability, so it will not snapshot. Example: A spell reads “Increase a friendly unit’s Might to 5 [M].” Thi…

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Geverifieerd

zones

Units cannot be played to a base of a player other than their own controller under any circumstances. If instructed to do so (e.g., Temporal Breach choosing an opponent's unit you temporarily control via Hostile Takeover), the unit fails the legality check during finalization and is returned to banishment. Citaat uit de bron: “Units cannot be played to a base of a player other than their own controller under any circumstances.”

15-8-2026 · bron: clarify-mining:playriftbound-com-vendetta-rules-faq-and-clarifications

Bron van deze ruling: https://playriftbound.com/en-us/news/rules-and-releases/vendetta-rules-faq-and-clarifications

Geverifieerd

battlefield control without units

When a player controls the battlefield but has no units there (achievable via Hostile Takeover or Stormbringer), the current rules have a gap with no obvious outcome. The interim ruling is to start a noncombat showdown as the least disruptive way to handle this scenario. Citaat uit de bron: “starting a noncombat showdown is the least disruptive way to handle this scenario”

16-7-2026 · bron: clarify-mining:playriftbound-com-riftbound-spiritforged-faq

Bron van deze ruling: https://playriftbound.com/en-us/news/rules-and-releases/riftbound-spiritforged-faq/