Core Rules 1.1 (Origins)

This is placed in the Legend Zone at the start of the game.

This will dictate the Domain Identity of the Main Deck.

Chosen Champion

Your Main Deck can include up to 3 copies of the same named card.

Subject to Domain Identity.

Your deck may only contain 3 total Signature cards that have the same Champion tag as your Champion Legend.

During Gameplay, the Main Deck is Secret Information.

12 Rune Cards

Must be shuffled and kept separate from the Main Deck.

The number will be dictated by your Mode of Play.

Subject to Domain Identity if applicable.

Cannot include more than one of a Battlefield of the same name when there are more than one required for the deck.

One per player.

The space each player always has access to play their Units and Gear to.

Each Base is a Location.

Other players cannot have Game Objects they control in another player's Base.

The Base also houses each player's Runes that are on The Board.

Multiple Battlefields will be here, typically one per player, but occasionally less.

The space where Battlefields are located during gameplay.

Each Battlefield is individually a Location.

Each Battlefield is associated with a sub-zone called a Facedown Zone, a single logical space that a card can be put facedown in through various Game Effects.

Each Facedown Zone has a maximum occupancy of one card.

Cards can only be placed in or occupy the Facedown Zone if the controller of the card also controls the associated Battlefield.

If the Hidden card's controller loses Control of the Battlefield, the card in the Facedown Zone is removed during the next Cleanup.

See rule 318. Cleanups for more information.

See rule 408. Hide for more information.

Facedown Zones are not locations.

The space for each player's Champion Legend.

This is not a location.

The Champion Legend here is a Game Object.

See rule 119. Game Objects for more information.

The Champion Legend cannot be removed, moved, or displaced from this zone.

This space is where cards are placed when they are killed or discarded, when they finish being executed as spells, when they are moved to the trash as an effect, etc.

Represents cards that have been used or spent.

Each player has a separate trash.

A card owned by a player can never, for any reason, be put into a trash of another player. If it would be, it's put into its owner's trash instead.

The cards in the Trash are unordered. Their sequence does not matter, and they may be reorganized.

The cards in any player's Trash are Public Information.

See rule 127. Privacy for more information.

The space each player puts their Chosen Champion at the start of the game.

The Chosen Champion here cannot be returned to this zone by normal means.

The Chosen Champion can be played from here as normal, following the rules of Playing a Card.

See rule 346. Playing Cards for more information.

The space for the player's Main Deck.

Primarily houses the face-down deck during gameplay.

The order of cards in the deck is Secret Information during the course of play.

See rule 127. Privacy for more information.

The space for the player's Rune Deck.

Primarily houses the face-down runes during gameplay.

The order of runes in the deck is Secret Information during the course of play.

See rule 127. Privacy for more information.

This space is where cards are placed when they are banished by a spell or effect.

Represents cards that have been removed from play in a more difficult-to-recover way, or a temporary space to hold cards while effects are being processed.

Each player has a separate banishment.

A card owned by a player can never, for any reason, be put into the banishment of another player. If it would be, it's put into its owner's banishment instead.

The cards in the banishment are unordered. Their sequence does not matter, and they may be reorganized.

The cards in any player's Banishment are Public Information.

See rule 127. Privacy for more information.

Some spells or effects may reference cards placed into banishment directly.

Effects that reference cards in banishment only do so by means of also putting the cards there.

The effects or references to cards in banishment do not count as Choosing.

The effects or references to cards in banishment do not count as Attachment.

Each player has a collection of cards they may Play cards from.

This is the location cards go when Drawn.

The cards in a player's hand are Private Information.

The number of cards in a player's hand is Public Information.

The hand can be targeted as a zone, and cards there can be affected by spells and effects when specified.

A card owned by a player can never, for any reason, be put into the hand of another player. If it would be, it's put into its owner's hand instead.

The Mode of Play will specify how to determine a First Player.

If not otherwise specified, Seating then determines the sequence, play proceeding clockwise from the First Player.

Turn Order repeats until the game ends.

The numeral listed in the Cost element in the upper left corner of the card.

The symbols, listed vertically, in the Cost element in the upper left corner of the card.

This section may not be present on every card.

Permanents

Spells

Runes

Battlefields

Legends

Champion is a supertype that applies exclusively to units. It impacts the rules for deckbuilding.

See rule 103.2.a. Chosen Champion for more information.

Signature is a supertype that may apply to game objects of any card type. It impacts the rules for deckbuilding.

See rule 103.2.d. for more information about Signature cards.

Token is a supertype applied to temporary game objects of any card type.

See rule 170. Tokens for more information.

Tags have no innate rules meaning, but may be referenced by game rules and card effects.

Tags used to link Legends, Champion Units, and Signature cards are known as Champion Tags.

Fury is associated with the color red and represented by a circular symbol with three projecting points. Its shorthand is [R].

Calm is associated with the color green and represented by a symbol resembling a leaf. Its shorthand is [G].

Mind is associated with the color blue and represented by a symbol resembling a sun and moon. Its shorthand is [B].

Body is associated with the color orange and represented by a blocky diamond-shaped symbol. Its shorthand is [O].

Chaos is associated with the color purple and represented by a hexagonal symbol with swirls emanating from its center. Its shorthand is [P].

Order is associated with the color yellow and represented by an angular winged symbol. Its shorthand is [Y].

Abilities

Instructions

Keywords

Reminder Text

Symbols

While on the Board:

While in the Trash:

This is a unique identifier that some spells or abilities will use to restrict what they can choose or affect.

The card type is relevant in all zones.

These have no intrinsic rules or behaviors by themselves.

Spells, abilities, and game actions can reference these types as part of their execution.

If a Unit ever has nonzero damage marked on it equalling or exceeding its Might, it is Killed.

If a unit's Might is ever less than 0, it is treated as 0 for all purposes.

When spells, abilities, or other game effects deal damage, Units mark that damage on them temporarily. This can be tracked with coins, dice, or other markers, or by memory.

Damage is Healed from Units at two specific times:

This can be altered by Accelerate or similar game effects.

See rule 721. Accelerate for more information.

This action can be done any time during a player's Action Phase.

This action cannot be performed during a Closed State.

This action cannot be performed during a Showdown.

When a Move like this is declared by a player, the units' Destination must be the same.

When a Move like this is declared by a player, the Origins do not need to be the same.

The Costs of Exhausting the Units are also paid Simultaneously.

Units may move from their Base to a Battlefield.

Units may move from a Battlefield to their Base.

Ganking is a unique ability that affects a Unit's Standard Move

This follows the same process as playing a card.

See rule 346. Playing Cards for more information.

While on the Board.

While in the Trash

This is a unique identifier that some spells or abilities will use to restrict what they can choose or affect.

The card type is relevant in all zones.

This follows the same process as playing a card.

See rule 346. Playing Cards for more information.

Finish resolving all effects of a spell before addressing anything the spell may have triggered or caused through execution.

Action

Reaction

This means, despite remaining on the Board until Recycled or otherwise removed from the board, it is not a Permanent.

Exactly 12 Rune cards chosen during Deck Construction.

See rule 103.3. Rune Deck for more information.

When a Rune is Recycled it is returned to the Rune Deck, not the Main Deck.

See rule 403. Recycle for more information.

Energy has no Domain.

Energy has no type.

Power has a Domain.

Some Power is Universal and can be used to pay for costs of any Domain.

[E]: [Reaction] — Add [1].

Recycle this: [Reaction] — Add [C].

Battlefields are not played during the course of regular play.

Battlefields are established at the start of a game and remain in place for the duration of regular play.

Battlefields can be Origins of moves.

Battlefields can be Destinations of moves.

Legends are not played during the course of regular play.

Legends are established at the start of a game, and remain in place for the duration of regular play.

Tokens are played by their owner if their card type is played, following all the applicable steps for playing a card plus any restrictions or modifications from the effect that created the token.

See rule 346. Playing Cards for more information.

Token units have a Might.

Tokens may have one or more tags.

Tokens have a type. They follow all rules for their type unless otherwise specified.

Tokens do not have costs.

Tokens do not have domains.

A Battlefield is Controlled or Uncontrolled.

A Battlefield is Controlled by a specific player or Controlled by no one.

Contested is a temporary status applied to the battlefield when a Unit controlled by a Player who does not currently Control that Battlefield Moves or otherwise becomes present there.

A Battlefield remains Contested until Control is established or re-established.

While a Battlefield remains Contested, Control of a Battlefield cannot change.

The state of a Battlefield being Contested is used to determine when Combat should occur, when a Showdown without a Combat should occur, and when Control will change.

At this time Game Effects cannot reference this status.

If a player controls Units at a Battlefield, outside of Combat, they maintain Control of that Battlefield for as long as they have Units at that Battlefield.

A player maintains control of a Battlefield while it is being Contested by an opponent.

If a player has no Units at a Battlefield, they lose Control of that Battlefield immediately, unless it is Contested.

While a Battlefield is Controlled, its Controller controls its Abilities. That player takes responsibility for adding them to the Chain if applicable, and makes all choices required by them unless otherwise specified.

While a Battlefield is Uncontrolled, its Abilities are also Uncontrolled. The Turn Player takes responsibility for adding them to the Chain if applicable, makes all choices required by them unless otherwise specified, and is treated as their Controller if any game rule or effect requires one.

“You” in a battlefield’s abilities refers to the battlefield’s Controller, as does the implied “you” in instructions like “draw 1.” If the battlefield has no Controller, “you” refers to no one, and all such instructions are ignored.

That player chooses targets.

That player chooses modes.

That player pays costs.

That player may make decisions about the Game Object's Inherent Abilities.

That player may make decisions about the Game Object's Unique Abilities.

That player may make decisions about any game effects or decisions necessary while the card is being played.

That player may make decisions about any game effects created from "When you play me" effects of Permanents.

If one or more actions, game effects, or Triggered Abilities are activated simultaneously, then Turn Order is referenced to organize the sequence of actions.

See rule 375. Triggered Abilities for more information.

Only cards and abilities with the Action or Reaction keywords can be played or activated in a Showdown State.

Only cards and abilities with the Reaction keyword can be played or activated in a Closed State.

By default, cards can be played and abilities activated only when a player has priority on their turn in a Neutral Open state.

The player with Priority can take appropriately timed Discretionary Actions.

If no player has Priority, no player can take Discretionary Actions.

When the turn is in a Neutral Open State during their Action Phase.

When the turn is in a Showdown State and they gain Focus.

When the turn is in a Closed State and they control the next item on the Chain.

When the turn is in a Closed State, they are the next Player in Turn Order, and the player with Priority passes.

The player with Focus must obey any additional restrictions on which Discretionary Actions may be performed.

The Turn Player readies all Game Objects they control that are able to be readied.

See rule 402. Ready for more information.

Beginning Step

Scoring Step

Specific game effects or abilities will reference this timing and phase as necessary.

The Turn Player gains their additional runes for the turn.

The Turn Player channels 2 runes from their Rune Deck.

See rule 417. Channel for more information.

Perform any actions as instructed by game objects during this time.

The Turn Player gains their additional card for the turn.

The Turn Player draws 1.

Perform any actions as instructed by game objects during this time.

As the Draw Phase ends, each player's Rune Pool empties.

See rule 158. Rune Pools for more information.

A player may take any number of Discretionary Actions they are able to perform during this phase.

See rule 398.1. Discretionary Actions for more information.

This is denoted as a Neutral Open State, and only the Turn Player has the ability to play spells or activate abilities.

See rule 307. States of the Turn for more information.

In Modes of Play with Teammates, spells may be played by Teammates of the Turn Player during this time, but the actions of the Turn Player take precedence.

A Combat phase occurs as a result of Units controlled by opposing players being present at the same Battlefield.

This could be the result of a Standard Move Standard Action, a Spell, or other Game Effect.

The source effect does not change the structure or flow of Combat once initiated.

A Combat can only occur between two players.

See rule 433. Combat for more information.

Play proceeds following the steps of combat.

See rule 437. Steps of Combat for more information.

Combat will also include a Showdown.

A Showdown occurs when a Combat occurs.

A Showdown is marked as Staged at a Battlefield when the Contested status is applied to a Battlefield with no current controller.

A Showdown is a structured Window of Opportunity where Players may play cards and activate abilities with Action or Reaction.

See rule 337. Showdowns for more information.

This ends the Action Phase.

Play proceeds to the End of Turn.

At the end of the turn Game Effects take place.

Specific game effects and abilities will reference this timing and phase as necessary.

Invoke a Special Cleanup.

See rule 318. Cleanups for more information.

Insert “2a. Heal all Units.”

All "this turn" effects expire simultaneously.

As the Expiration Step ends, all players' Rune Pools empty. Any unspent Energy and Power are lost.

If there are Units present at the Battlefield the Combat is taking place at, but do not have a designation, they gain the same designation as their Controller now

If there are Units present at the Battlefield the Combat is taking place at, but have the opposite designation of their controller, they lose that designation, and gain the same designation as their controller now

If there are Units at locations other than the Battlefield that the Combat is taking place at, but have either Attacker or Defender designations, they lose those designations now

The Combat remains Staged at that Battlefield as long as there are Units present from two opposing players there.

Cards of all Categories, by default, cannot be played during a Closed State.

Card abilities, by default, cannot be played during a Closed State.

This process does not pass Priority.

Each Item is Finalized in the order it was appended to the Chain.

Abilities that Add resources, Units, and Gear resolve immediately when Finalized and do not progress to Step 2: Execute.

See rule 346. Playing Cards for more information.

Play a Card that is legally timed.

Activate Abilities of Game Objects that are legally timed.

See rule 386. Playing or Activating Abilities for more information.

Pass Priority

Cards of all Categories, by default, cannot be played during a Showdown State.

Card abilities, by default, cannot be played during a Showdown State.

These Triggered Abilities should be put on the chain first by the player with Focus, then proceeding with players without the Defender designation in Turn Order. Finally, the player with the Defender designation will add their Triggered Abilities, if any, to the Chain.

If there are no such Triggered Abilities present during a Combat-initiated Showdown then no Initial Chain is created, but the Showdown will still proceed.

The spell will start a Chain as normal.

If all Players have passed once in sequence, the Showdown ends.

If only one player’s Units remain at the Battlefield, and if that player does not already Control the Battlefield, that player establishes Control over the Battlefield.

See rule 179. Control for more information on Control.

See rule 442.1. for more information on Conquering.

If two players’ Units remain at the Battlefield, Control cannot be established and the Battlefield remains Contested. This results in a Staged Combat.

See rule 433. Combat for more information.

This does not include cards that affect one or more Game Objects based on criteria.

This does not include making choices for Triggered Abilities of permanents, even if those abilities trigger when the permanent is played.

See rule 375. Triggered Abilities for more information.

It is a permanent or rune on the board, a spell or ability on the chain, a player or zone, or specified explicitly or implicitly as being in some other zone. e.g., “Kill a unit” targets a unit on the board. e.g., “Recycle a unit from your trash” targets a unit card in your trash.

It meets all targeting restrictions. e.g., A unit is a valid target for a spell that refers to a “unit at a battlefield,” “enemy unit,” “unit you control,” or “unit with Might 4 or greater” only if it meets the appropriate criteria.

It is not the spell or ability itself. e.g., A spell that says “Counter a spell” cannot target itself. e.g., An ability of a permanent can target that permanent, because abilities and their sources are separate objects.

Passive abilities never have targets.

Replacement effects never have targets.

Units and gear never have targets, although their abilities may.

It is in a zone whose information status is not Public. e.g., “Ready a legend” targets a legend, because the Legend Zone is Public. e.g., “Return a unit from your trash to your hand” targets a unit card in your trash, because your trash is Public. e.g., “You may play a unit from your hand, ignoring its costs” does not target a unit card in your hand, because your hand is not a public zone.

It is included only as part of a targeting restriction for another choice. e.g., “Kill a unit at a battlefield” targets a unit, but not a battlefield, because the units are targets and “at a battlefield” is a restriction. e.g., “Kill all units at a battlefield” targets a battlefield, but not any units. e.g., “Move a unit to a battlefield” targets both a unit and a battlefield.

It is included only as part of a cost, trigger condition, or replacement effect. e.g., “As an additional cost to play me, kill a friendly unit” doesn’t target anything. e.g., “When a friendly unit dies, kill a gear” targets a gear, but not a friendly unit. e.g., “When you play me, the next time a friendly unit would die this turn, return it to your hand instead” doesn’t target anything. The replacement effect applies when any friendly unit dies. e.g., “Choose a friendly unit. The next time it would die this turn, return it to your hand instead” targets a friendly unit, because “choose a friendly unit” is not part of the replacement effect.

It is programmatically selected based on its characteristics rather than chosen by the spell or ability’s controller. e.g., “Kill all units at a battlefield” targets a battlefield, but does not target any units. e.g., “Kill all units at battlefields” doesn’t target anything. e.g., “Destroy a unit. Its controller draws 2 cards” targets the unit, but not its controller. e.g., “Ready your legend” doesn’t target anything, because you can only have one legend. e.g., “Ready a friendly legend” targets a legend, because in a 2v2 game there are two friendly legends. e.g., “Recycle all cards in your trash” doesn’t target anything, because it affects all cards and you only have one trash.

It is part of a set of objects chosen in whole or in part by other players. e.g., “Each player kills a unit they control” does not target. Each player, including the one who played the spell, chooses a unit to kill as the spell or ability resolves.

It is identified in an instruction that a player “must” complete. e.g., “You must recycle one of your runes” doesn’t target anything. You choose from among your runes as the spell or ability resolves. e.g., “Recycle a rune you control” targets a rune. You choose a rune you control as you put the spell or ability on the chain.

As they’re finalized on the chain, such cards can choose any group of valid targets that collectively fulfill the targeting restriction.

If the group of targets no longer collectively fulfill the targeting restriction as the spell or ability resolves, that spell or ability’s controller can choose a subset of the original targets that fulfills the targeting requirement for the spell or ability to affect.

If a card specifies that an amount of damage may be split among some number of Units, then each Unit chosen is Targeted.

The Targets are chosen when the spell or ability is finalized on the chain.

A number of Targets can only be chosen up to, and not exceeding, the initial amount of damage available when the spell is played.

Each Target is valid, and contributes to Chosen triggers individually.

The choice of how much damage is divided across the split is not decided until the resolution of the spell or ability.

Each Target must receive a valid amount of damage.

Valid damage is a positive integer amount, greater than or equal to 1 damage.

If, at resolution of the spell or effect, there are more Targets than available damage to divide, then the player who controls the effect dealing damage determines which Targets cease being Targets.

Any costs that were paid, or effects that were triggered as a result of those Game Objects being chosen as Targets remain in effect, paid, or otherwise triggered.

If a card allows a player to play a card "ignoring its cost," its base Energy cost and base Power cost are set to zero.

If a card instructs a player to play a card "ignoring its Energy cost" or "ignoring its Power cost," only the appropriate cost is set to zero, and the remaining cost still applies.

Further additional costs and/or cost increases applied in subsequent steps may raise the card's Total Cost above zero.

Mandatory Additional Costs

Optional Additional Costs

Discounts may be applied by the card being played or by any other card or effect.

Discounts may say that cards "cost [amount] less" or that one or more of their costs are "reduced by [amount]."

If a discount applies a minimum cost, that minimum applies only to that discount.

Discounts can reduce additional costs, including to 0.

During this step, the spell's controller can use activated abilities with the Reaction tag that Add resources to add Energy and Power to pay the spell's costs.

See rule 158. Rune Pools and rule 416. Add for more information.

Costs that are replaced with other events by replacement effects are still considered paid.

Any passive abilities become active.

Execute all rules text on the card, from top to bottom.

If it is a Unit, it enters the Board exhausted at the Location that was chosen.

If it is a Gear, it enters the Board Ready at the player's Base.

This card becomes a Finalized Chain Item.

If there are other Pending Items on the Chain, then the controller of those Pending Items completes Steps 2 through 5 of Playing Cards for those items before continuing.

See rule 326. Chains for more information.

Other players have an opportunity to play Reactions before the resolution of spells.

See rule 326. Chains for more information.

Otherwise, execute the game effect of the spell, from top to bottom of the rules text of the card and then place the card in the Trash of the owning player.

Handling illegal and impossible instructions

Conditional Passive Abilities can be recognized by the occurrence of "if" or "while" as part of the statement of the ability.

These apply at all times in any zone from which the card with the ability can be played.

Declare activation of the Ability.

Proceed with executing the Chain.

The phrases that identify triggered abilities do not always appear at the beginning of sentences or abilities.

If an ability triggers “the [Nth] time” something happens and that trigger condition is met multiple times simultaneously, the ability’s controller picks one of those instances to serve as the trigger condition. The ability triggers only once, due to the chosen condition.

The Condition follows the When.

The Effect is the Instruction that follows the comma after the Condition.

The Condition of a Trigger is evaluated after a potentially inciting event has been processed.

Triggered Abilities can be put on the Chain during Closed States or Open States on any player's turn.

If more than one Triggered Ability is Triggered simultaneously, then the player that controls the Abilities selects the order to place them on the Chain.

Play Effects are Triggered Abilities with the Condition that the Permanent that has the Play Effect being played to the board.

Conquer Effects are Triggered Abilities with a Condition of a Unit participating in, and successfully Conquering a Battlefield.

Hold Effects are Triggered Abilities with a Condition of a Unit being present at a Battlefield during the Beginning phase when a player scores Victory Points from Holding.

Attack Triggers are Triggered Abilities that trigger when a Unit gains the Attacker designation for the first time during a combat.

Defend Triggers are Triggered Abilities that trigger when a Unit gains the Defender designation for the first time during a combat.

“Do this” can be followed by “N times.” The Reflexive Trigger will thus be added to the chain N times when its condition is met.

This is not an Ability being countered.

If there are legal options to choose, the ability’s controller must choose them. They may not decline this stage of playing a Trigger.

Activated Abilities will have a cost listed before the “:” in their text.

Triggered Abilities will typically not have a base cost associated with them when placed on the chain due to their conditions.

This is not an Ability being countered.

A Discretionary Action is a Game Action that may be performed at any time during a player's turn during a Neutral Open State.

See rule 307. States of the Turn for more information.

A player may take any number of Discretionary Actions available to them during their turn.

A Limited Action is a game action that a spell, ability, or circumstance of the turn's progression causes the player to perform. A player cannot perform these actions at-will.

These actions can only be taken when a player is instructed to do so as the execution of an effect or during their specified occasion during the turn.

Each player draws 1 during the Draw Step of their Beginning Phase.

The player may draw cards when instructed to do so by other game effects.

Draw as many as possible.

Perform a Burn Out.

See rule 418. Burn Out for more information.

Draw the remaining cards needed to complete the Draw action.

To mark it, rotate the card 90 degrees opposite of Readying, so that the orientation of the card is lengthwise in front of you.

A Unit that is already Exhausted cannot be Exhausted again.

If a Unit is instructed to be Exhausted while it is already Exhausted, nothing additional happens.

Most Exhaust actions will be costs for Activated Abilities or Discretionary Actions.

To mark it, rotate the card 90 degrees opposite of Exhausting, so that it is vertically oriented in front of you.

A Unit that is already Ready cannot be Readied again.

If a Unit is instructed to be Readied while it is already Ready, nothing additional happens.

A player Readies all non-spell Game Objects they Control during the Ready Step of the Beginning Phase on their turn.

The player may also Ready their Game Objects when effects or spells instruct them to do so.

Main Deck cards are Recycled to the Main Deck.

Runes are Recycled to the Rune Deck.

Each player Recycles cards to their own Main Deck and Rune Deck, regardless of which player is instructed to perform the Recycle action.

The player must Recycle cards from the specified zones when instructed to do so by game effects or costs.

If 2 or more cards are Recycled to the Rune Deck simultaneously, they are placed on the bottom of that deck in the order of their owner's choosing.

Assigning Damage during Combat Resolution is not Dealing Damage, but will cause Damage to be Dealt when assignment is complete.

To Deal Damage to Units, mark the specified amount of Damage on the Unit.

Damage is marked on each unit separately.

Damage can be Dealt to more than one Unit at the same time.

Assigning Damage causes Damage to be dealt outside of being directed to Deal Damage.

See rule 433. Combat for more information.

If a game effect does not specify a source, the game effect describing the Deal action is the source.

If a game effect does specify a source, then that source is what is considered the origin of the Damage for this Deal action.

Damage Dealt as a result of being assigned during Combat has the Units as its source.

If Damage is cleared for any reason it is considered Healing.

Players may only Heal units when game effects instruct them to, or at specific points in the turn.

As long as a player has the resources to pay the costs associated with the card, they may play cards.

This treats Play as a Limited Action.

Treat all steps of Play as normal, except as noted by the game effect creating this Limited Play Effect.

If there are no eligible cards to Play when instructed to Play in this manner like this, then nothing happens and resolution continues.

These abilities trigger when the act of playing the card has been completed by the resolution of the card.

If a game effect prevents the resolution of the card—for example, because the card was countered—the card wasn't played and no abilities that trigger on playing cards trigger.

See rule 412. Counter for more information.

Players may only move Game Objects when instructed to do so by Game Effects or costs.

The Standard Move inherent to Units may also cause Movement.

See rule 140 for more information on the Standard Move.

The Cost is Exhausting one or more Units.

The Effect is Moving those Unit.

The Hidden keyword allows a player to pay a cost to Hide a card any time they have a Hidden card in their hand or Champion Zone and meet the prerequisites.

See rule 727. Hidden for more information.

The player who is performing the action chooses which cards to send to their Trash, and may use Private Information to do so.

“When I am discarded” abilities or other Triggered Abilities that trigger on discarding are executed after discarding has occurred.

A player must Discard cards when instructed to do so by game effects or costs.

Stunned is a binary state. A Unit is Stunned or it isn't.

A Stunned Unit does not contribute its might to damage in combat.

A Stunned Unit must still have damage applied to it equal to, or greater than, its full might value to be killed.

Players may only Stun Units when directed to by Game Effects.