Core Rules 1.4 Changes (Vendetta)

This will dictate the Domain Identity of the Main Deckdeck.

Each Base is a Location.

See rule 197 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Locations for more information.

Each Battlefield is individually a Location.

See rule 197 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Locations for more information.

The Champion Legend here is a Game Object.

See rule 120 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)119 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Game Objects for more information.

Primarily houses the face-down deck Main Deck during gameplay.

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

See rule 128 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Privacy for more information.

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

See rule 128 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Privacy for more information.

If a unit's Might is ever less than 0, it is treated as 0 when referenced by spells and abilities, and when summing Might to be assigned as damage in the Combat Damage Step.

See rule 460 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)465 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). The Combat Damage Step for more information.

Tokens are can be 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 349 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Playing Cards for more information.

A Once a Showdown or Combat begins at a Battlefield , it remains Contested until Control is established or re-established.

The state of a Battlefield being Contested is used to determine when Combat should occur, and when a Non-Combat Showdown should occur, and when Control will change.

If a player has no Units at a Battlefield and the turn is in an Open state, they lose Control of that Battlefield in the following cleanup, unless there is a Combat or Showdown ongoing there.

While a Battlefield is Controlled, its Controller controls its Abilities. That unless that ability indicates another player does. The controlling 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 unless that ability indicates a player controls it. If there is no such indication, 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 that don’t specify a player like “draw 1.” If the battlefield has no Controller, “you” refers to no one, and all such instructions are ignored.

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

See rule 382 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Triggered Abilities for more information.

When the turn is in a Closed State , all pending chain items finish being finalized, and they control the next item on the Chain.

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

A Combat can only occur between two players.

See rule 454 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)459 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Combat for more information.

Play proceeds following the steps of combat.

See rule 458 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)463 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). The Steps of Combat for more information.

A Showdown is marked as Staged at a Battlefield whenin the cleanup after the Contested status is applied to athat Battlefield with no current controller.

Insert “2c3c. Heal all Units.”

Insert “2d3d. All ‘this turn’ effects expire simultaneously.”

Insert “2e3e. Each player’s Rune Pool empties. Any unspent Energy and Power are lost.”

The Showdown remains Staged at eachthat Battlefield that as long as it is Contested and has units present controlled by the player that applied Contested.

During the FEPR process, new Tasks may be incurred. PauseComplete the current step of the process and then pause and complete the necessary Tasks before continuing.

Play a Card or Activated Ability that is legally timed.

If this occurs during a Showdown and the chain wasn’t initiated by a triggered ability or an ability that Adds resources, focus passes to the next player in turn order.

The card or activated ability will start a Chain as normal.

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 185 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)188 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Control for more information on Control.

See rule 464.1 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)469.1 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). for more information on Conquering.

A valid Location for a Move Effect is one other than the Units’ current Location where they are allowed to be present.

This does not include making choices for Triggered Abilities of permanents, or Delayed or Reflexive Triggers generated by the item being finalized, even if those abilities trigger when the permanent chain item is played.

See rule 382 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Triggered Abilities for more information.

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. e.g. A unit that reads “I can’t be chosen by enemy spells or abilities.” is not a valid target for any enemy spell or ability, even if it meets other targeting restrictions.

It is included only as part of a targeting restriction for another choice or only as a restriction or permission for a game action. 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., “Play a unit from your hand to a battlefield” doesn’t target a battlefield.

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., “DestroyKill 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.

Each Target is valid, and contributes to Chosen triggersTargeting Effects individually.

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

See rule 164 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)165 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Rune Pools and rule 429 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Add for more information.

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

If “using” or “playing” an Activated Ability is part of a trigger condition, that condition is fulfilled when the Activated Ability resolves.

If an Activated Ability has a condition on “using” or “playing” it, that condition must be true in order to activate the ability in question.

The Condition follows the When.

The Condition is the clause with When, At, or the Nth Time.

The Effect is the InstructionInstructions that follows the comma afterare not part of the Condition.

If a Triggered Ability says “you may” or “they may” as the first part of its Effect, the controller of its source will choose whether or not to placeperform the Triggered Ability on the chain when its trigger Condition is fulfilledduring finalization.

If a Triggered Ability contains a cost within instructions at the beginning of the effect or immediately following the “you may” or “they may” that appears as the first part of the effect, that cost is treated as the base cost of the Triggered Ability.

Some Triggered Abilities will trigger “once each turn,” or “N times each turn.”

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

Targeting Effects are Triggered Abilities with thewhose Condition thatincludes a Game Object becomesbecoming targeted.

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

Hold Effects are Triggered Abilities with awhose Condition ofincludes 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 or Player gains the Attacker designation for the first time during a combat.

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

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.

Unless specified otherwise, drawing takes cards from the top of the Main Deck.

Each player draws 1 during the Draw Step ofPhase on their Beginning Phaseturn.

A Unit Game Object that is already Exhausted cannot be Exhausted again.

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

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

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

See rule 454 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)459 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Combat for more information.

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

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

The Effect is Moving those UnitUnits.

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

See rule 460 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)465 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). The Combat Damage Step for more information.

While cards are Revealed, those cards can be further manipulated, or accessed. They can even have their destination modified for when the Reveal ends.

A card that is Countered is not considered to have been played for abilities that trigger on cards being played.

Units with Buff Counters can still be chosen for actions that Buff units, but will not be Buffed as part of the execution.

When one or more Units is killed due to a Cleanup, that kill action is attributed to the spell or ability that resolved immediately prior to that Cleanup that dealt damage to the Unit or Units. The player responsible for the deal action is responsible for the kill action.

Players may only channelalso Channel runes when Game Effects direct them to do so.

If a player must Draw cards in excess to the number of cards in their deckMain Deck, they will Draw as many as possible, perform this action, then Draw the remaining amount instructed.

Points gained after the first Burn Out being processed in sequence cannot be replaced or prevented by any means. Points gained after the first Burn Out being processed in sequence that cause a player to reach or surpass the Victory Score for their game mode will cause that player to win the game if they also have more points than any opponent. The player wins immediately, without needing to wait for a cleanup to occur.

Swapping creates two different effects that apply to each attribute. One that Increases one value and one that Decreases the other. These effects last for the duration specified by the effect that instructed the Swap.

Attaching one or more cards will cause those cards’ printed Rules Text to become Inactive for as long as they remain Attached.

See rule 716 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Attachment for more information.

If the Detached card was a Gear and this causes it to become present at a Battlefield, it will be Recalled during the next Cleanup.

See rule 318 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Cleanups for more information.

When more than one card is Predicted, the Predicting player looks at that many cards and Recycles any number of them before putting the rest back on top of their Main Deck in any order.

Damage can be assigned to a Unit up to a value that would be Lethal considering the Prevent Value of all Prevent Actions on a Unit, following the normal rules for damage assignment.

“Swapping Back” is an extension of the Replace action.

If there is nothing in Banishment to swap back to, usually because a token was replaced, then this object can never swap back.

If a zone is not specified by the effect, the Game Object will be created to the appropriate zone for its type. Permanents will be Created to any location on the Board that they can be played to.

If the Game Object is a token, it will follow the normal rules for tokens.

See rule 176 in Core Rules 1.3 (opens source rules in a new tab)179 in Core Rules 1.4 (opens source rules in a new tab). Tokens for more information.

A Created permanent, rune, legend, or spell is controlled by its owner as it is createdCreated.

A Created battlefield is uncontrolled as it is createdCreated.