Repulse counts all targeting relationships ('arrows') pointing from a spell to friendly units, regardless of whether those targets currently meet the spell's targeting restrictions. Units moved to base by Flash are still targeted by Alpha Strike (arrows are 'grayed out' but present), so Repulse counts them and cannot counter Alpha Strike unless all remaining targeted units have moved to a non-board zone.
Citaat uit de bron: “Repulse cares about the number of those arrows that point to friendly units, not the color of the arrows.”
Action Spells may be played during the controller's turn or during a Showdown; on an opponent's turn, a player may only play Action Spells during Showdowns.
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“Most Spells are labeled Action, which means you can play them during your turn or during a Showdown. If it's not your turn, you can only play Action Spells during Showdowns.”
Rell, Magnetic is revised to use a reflexive trigger for Equipment attachment: when she attacks and you play a qualifying Equipment for free, 'then do this:' attaches it to her as a separate chain item, allowing players to respond before the attachment resolves.
Citaat uit de bron: “If you do, then do this: Attach it to me.”
During the Beginning Phase, each player channels 2 Runes from the top of their Rune Deck; the second player channels 3 Runes on their very first turn to compensate for going second.
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“If you're going second on your very first turn, you get 3 Runes instead to help catch up.”
Arise! is revised to use a reflexive trigger: it first plays a 2 M Sand Soldier unit token for each Equipment you control, then 'Then do this:' readies up to two of them, allowing players to respond between the two effects.
Citaat uit de bron: “Play a 2 M Sand Soldier unit token for each Equipment you control. Then do this: Ready up to two of them.”
When an Attacker destroys all Defending units and still has units remaining, they conquer the Battlefield and immediately score 1 point; additionally, every time a Battlefield is conquered without winning the game, the conquering player draws a card.
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“every time you conquer a Battlefield but it doesn't win you the game, you get to draw a card”
Repeat causes you to repeat execution of a spell's 'instructions,' which are the things the spell tells you to do as it resolves. It does not repeat costs or cost reductions—only the resolution instructions.
Citaat uit de bron: “Repeat causes you to repeat execution of a spell's 'instructions,' which are the things the spell tells you to do as it resolves”
Each Battlefield can only award 1 point per turn; moving a unit away and replacing it with another unit in the same turn does not grant additional points.
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“Moving away from a battlefield and back to it with another unit the same turn will not gain you a bonus point.”
When Rebuttal resolves and the new controller pays A, they may remake any number of targets or modes; choices not remade must still be legal. If no new choices are made at all, all current choices (legal or not) remain unchanged. Spell rules about valid choice locations (e.g., face-down play restrictions) apply regardless of who controls the spell when new choices are made.
Citaat uit de bron: “You can choose any number of targets or modes to make new choices for. The rest remain the same. If you are remaking choices... any choices you choose not to remake must be legal choices.”
A player cannot be compelled to perform an action on cards whose privacy is secret or private if that action specifies a type or quality of card. If such an effect would compel this, the player may ignore it instead. This means Rift Herald's Deathknell cannot force an opponent to play a unit from hand.
Citaat uit de bron: “A player cannot be compelled to perform an action on cards whose privacy is secret or private if that action specifies a type or quality of card.”
Falling Star is no longer a reflexive trigger. All targets are chosen upfront before anything resolves; the opponent can react before resolution; then each chosen unit takes 3 damage on resolution. The same unit may be chosen for both instances.
Citaat uit de bron: “you pick all the targets up front, the other player can react before any of it resolves, and then each of the units affected take the damage on resolution”
Units with the Ganking ability may move directly from one Battlefield to another, whereas normal units can only move between their controller's Base and a Battlefield.
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“only units with the Ganking ability may move between battlefields”
Reflexive triggers, identified by 'then do this:' language, create new chain items to handle effects that need to offer players a chance to react between two effects, or that must happen after the rest of a spell or ability resolves.
Citaat uit de bron: “Reflexive triggers, identified by 'do this:' language, create new chain items to handle things that need to offer players a chance to react, or just need to happen later”
Ravenborn Tome's Bonus Damage effect now applies only to the next spell played 'this turn,' preventing the bonus from carrying forward to future turns.
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“The next spell you play this turn deals 1 Bonus Damage.”
Cleanups work inversely to other HOT FEPR procedures: several tasks are queued at once, and all of them must be completed before the FEPR process will initiate.
Citaat uit de bron: “cleanups work in the inverse, where several tasks are queued at once and all must be completed before the FEPR process will initiate”
Deflect is a mandatory additional cost: you must pay it if you want to finalize a spell or ability that chooses a unit with Deflect. The fact that you can choose not to finalize triggered abilities (to avoid paying) does not make the cost optional. Ezreal, Prodigy cannot reduce Deflect costs.
Citaat uit de bron: “Deflect is a mandatory additional cost, meaning you must pay it if you want to finalize a spell or ability that chooses something with Deflect.”
Gear cards enter play in the Ready state (not Exhausted), so they can be used immediately; Gear always enters at the controller's Base.
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“Gear cannot hold or conquer battlefields, and can only exist in base. If a Gear card is played at a battlefield, it is immediately recalled to the base.”
If Ride the Wind targets a unit at Vilemaw's Lair and instructs it to move to base, Vilemaw's Lair's 'Units can't move from here to base' negates (does not ignore) the move instruction. Because the instruction is negated rather than ignored, linked instructions such as readying the unit still execute—the unit will be readied.
Citaat uit de bron: “They will be readied...An instruction is not ignored if an ability, effect, or circumstance of the game prevents it from occurring.”
Icathian Rain is no longer a reflexive trigger. All six targets are chosen upfront before anything resolves; the opponent can react before resolution; then each chosen unit takes 2 damage on resolution. The same unit may be chosen for multiple instances.
Citaat uit de bron: “you pick all the targets up front, the other player can react before any of it resolves, and then each of the units affected take the damage on resolution”
Signature Cards are Legend-specific cards that can only be included in a deck matching their designated Legend, with a maximum of 3 total Signature Cards permitted across the entire deck.
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“You can only use them with their matching Legend, and you can't put more than 3 total Signature Cards in your deck.”
Rumble, Hotheaded can choose a Mech token to recycle. Tokens inherit the recycle destination of their type—a token that is a unit or gear is recycled to the Main Deck. The token then vanishes (as tokens do whenever they leave the board), but it still counts as 'the unit you recycled,' so Rumble can check its Might.
Citaat uit de bron: “tokens 'inherit' the recycle destination of their type(s), so a token that's a unit or gear is recycled to your Main Deck… it still counts as 'the unit you recycled' and Rumble can check its Might.”
When Deceiver's reflexive trigger copies Zilean, Time Mage, the two Reflection tokens resolve and become copies of Zilean. However, there is no subsequent 'play token' game action for Zilean's replacement effect to apply to, so no further tokens are produced and the loop does not repeat.
Citaat uit de bron: “there is no subsequent play game action involving tokens to apply their replacement effects to”
Origins cards with the 'to a minimum of 1' clause (e.g., Stupefy) retain that floor and are not receiving errata. The removal of 'minimum of 1' is a design philosophy change beginning with Spiritforged; it does not retroactively change Origins cards.
Citaat uit de bron: “This is a change to our design philosophy beginning with Spiritforged, but Origins cards will maintain their functionality.”
Blood Rush was printed without 'this turn' in its effect. The Assault 2 bonus it grants a unit is temporary and lasts only this turn, matching design intent and the pattern of Convergent Mutation.
Citaat uit de bron: “the phrase 'this turn' was accidentally omitted … Give a unit Assault 2 this turn.”
Cards that instruct you to play a card from your Main Deck must first banish that card, then play it from banish. This gives the game a defined zone for the card while it is being played and a place to return it if it cannot be played for any reason. This applies to Rek'Sai Swarm Queen, Void Burrower, Void Rush, and Reinforce.
Citaat uit de bron: “banishing the card ensures that the game has a place to put the card until it's actually played, and a place to send the card back to if it can't be played”
While a spell or ability has at least one target that is a unit located at Heisho, Shell of the World, all instances of Deflect on all units are treated as inactive when paying costs for that spell or ability. This applies only to that specific spell or ability instance; a subsequent spell or ability targeting units not at Heisho must still pay for Deflect normally.
Citaat uit de bron: “While your spell or ability chooses a unit at Heisho, Shell of the World, you ignore deflect while paying for the spell.”