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event card from Mugglug, you may not play Vine Growth to create two Vine Walls, as Tacullu does not
have a Vine Wall pile.
1.0.0.26: When multiple cards go to the Magic Pile at the same time (e.g. Blarf with cards under him),
can I get to choose the order they go in, or is there a set procedure?
Cards should go into your Magic Pile in the order that they are arranged in the stack of Units. For
instance, Blarf will be the first Unit to go into your Magic Pile, then the first card under him, and so on
until there are no more cards that are meant to go into your Magic Pile.
1.0.0.27: When an attack affects multiple cards, are they resolved simultaneously or sequentially?
The wounds are placed sequentially, but no cards are removed from play until all cards have received
their wounds. For instance, if Gror attacks a Swamp Orc Shaman on a Vine Wall, he may deal first two
wounds to the Vine Wall and then a wound to the Shaman, or the other way around, but neither card
will be sent to his Magic pile until are wounds are dealt.
1.0.0.28: How does Summoning Surge work?
Summoning Surge removes the top three cards of your discard pile and places them face down on top of
your Magic pile, if you have fewer Units on the board than an opponent.
1.0.0.29: Can you play an event card for no effect?
You can only play an event card if you can meet its conditions. For instance, you can play Summoning
Surge if you have fewer Units on the board than an opponent, but no cards in your discard pile. Having
fewer Units in play is the condition and must be met, but the effect does not have to be completely
resolved.
1.0.0.30: Is an instead of attacking ability an attack?
No, it is an instead of attacking ability.
1.0.0.31: Is being affected by an attack the same thing as being attacked, and is attacking a Unit the
same thing as affecting a unit with an attack?
Yes and No (confused yet? Wait for it). For the unit being attacked or affected by the attack, they are
the same. A unit is considered to have been “attacked” if it is affected by an attack in any way.
However, for the unit doing the attacking, powers that specify “attacking a Unit” or “when _____ attacks
a Unit” refer only to the target of the attack. Merely affecting a Unit with an attack will not satisfy that
condition.
For example, lets assume Violet is in a Sand Cloaks deck and has the BLITZ Event Ability, and is adjacent
to a Fallen Kingdom Cultist and Reaper. If Violet uses WHIRLING BLADE to attack a Wall that is 3 spaces
away through the Cultist, the Cultist is “affected by the attack”. If the Cultist is destroyed by that attack,
its DEATH CURSE ability will trigger. However, as Violet did not attack an adjacent card (the Cultist was
only affected by the attack), she may not use her BLITZ ability to also attack the Reaper.
1.0.0.32: What happens to cards under a Unit if that Unit changes controllers?
Nothing – they remain under the Unit. If these were cards that confer a benefit, such as ICE ARMOR or
an Event Ability, then that Unit’s new controller may use them. It is also acceptable for the new
controller to stick out his tongue.