FAQ
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Are there any summon limits or sickness?
No. Unlike Yu-Gi-Oh!, you can summon or set as many cards as you have the zones available for on each of your turns.
Also, unlike Magic, there is no summoning sickness. Creatures can use Actions as long as they are face-up on the field, during the Event Phase.
That being said, you cannot normally summon creatures during the Event Phase, so typically you will only be able to act on creatures on your next Event after the deployment.
If a card is destroyed, will its effects resolve?
No. Cards must still be on the field at the time of resolution for their effects to resolve. Not only that, but they still need to be connected to the same zones that were targeted at activation. If they were moved or rotated but can still connect to their targets, the effect can resolve.
Can I target a face-down card?
Face-down cards are considered cards of their types, because their types are determined by whatever zone they are in. So they can be targeted by any:
- generic "target card" targets
- card-type "target creature/artifact" targets
They however do not have any other information (stats, effects, sub-types, etc), thus cannot be targeted by any more specific targeting requirements.
Face-down cards will necessarily be flipped whenever targeted; and will be summoned on the spot.
Can I use "heal" effects to prevent a creature from dying from damage greater or equal to its maximum life?
No. Since destruction is a state-based action, and due to the fact that you can't heal past the creature's max life, there is no moment in which you can activate a heal effect "in between" a creature reaching 0 current life and being destroyed.
If the creature does not have zero damage counters before the lethal blow though, then you can activate in response to remove any prior damage to the creature.
Can I go above maximum life?
Creatures do not have a first-class "current life" - they have their "Life" (max life) and damage counters. So you cannot have negative damage counters on creatures. The creature's "current life" is simply the difference between its Life and its damage counters.