Rules clarification: duplicate command cards and minion damage phase

BasilGoose·Nov 3, 2016·1 votes·5,049 views

Can you have duplicate command cards in different slots? For example: have two different skewers so that you can have two different "minion shields" or two different computery turns cards for even more +draft.

My second question is clarification about the minion damage phase. The rule book states

"It’s possible for one player’s damage to remove the source of damage that might affect the next player!"

Does this also mean I can remove damage source that may affect me? For example I should take two damage, I draw my first damage card, it says move left, now I'm next to no minions would I still need to take two damage? What about vice versa where I am moved into more minions do i now take 3 damage just the original two? Same question for teammates pushed into/out of damage.

6 Comments

Violin JohnnyNov 3, 20161 votes

Hello,

I can answer the minion damage question. The minion damage happens simultaneously for the player. So if two minions are near you, you draw both and then resolve each one even if one of those damage cards moves you away from a minion.

The rule you referred to:

"It’s possible for one player’s damage to remove the source of damage that might affect the next player!"

Only applies if the any player after the turn player has minions killed that are near them before they draw their damage cards if that makes sense. So if Player 1 kills a minion threatening Player 2 for whatever reason while resolving Player 1's damage cards, then Player 2 draws one less damage card (because Player 1 killed the minion).

In a separate example, if we get to Player 2 and he has two minions nearby, he draws two cards first and then resolves each one. If Player 2 kills one or both minions as he resolves the damage cards, he still has to resolve all the damage cards he drew (in this example, two).

BasilGooseNov 3, 20161 votes

Thanks for the answer. What about a scenario when player 2 gets pushed by player 1's damage phase into minions he otherwise wouldn't have been damaged by, e.g. he is sitting next to one minion but player 1 pushes him into a spot where 3 minions will hit him does he take 1 damage or 3?

RiotMr PiddlesworthNov 3, 20162 votes

In this case the second player would take 3 damage... Whoops!

BasilGooseNov 4, 20161 votes

Thanks! What about duplicate cards? Can you have memory core in multiple slots for more draft?

RiotMr PiddlesworthNov 15, 20162 votes

You sure can! Every level of Memory Core adds another card to the options when it's your turn to deal the draft. So if you had a level 3 and a level 2 Memory Core, that's a total of 10 cards to pick from! (you still only draft 4 cards total, though)