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Place your ship (first turn only)
[Skulls & Sails, Curse of the Golden Isles] On your first turn, you MUST place your ship on any ship space
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Play cards from hand
Place Hero cards face up in front of you, announce effects, and follow card instructions to gain resources
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Play Constructs
Place Constructs face up in front of you where they remain in play permanently and provide effects every turn
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Acquire Heroes and Constructs
Spend Runes equal to a card's cost in the upper-right corner to add it to your discard pile
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Defeat Monsters
Spend Power equal to a Monster's defeat cost to gain its reward
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Use Trophy Monsters
[Storm of Souls, Immortal Heroes, Rise of Vigil, Gift of the Elements, Dawn of Champions, War of Shadows] When defeating a Trophy Monster, gain Honor immediately and place it face-up in front of you to banish later for its effect
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Defeat the Fanatic
[Storm of Souls, Immortal Heroes] This always-available Trophy Monster provides variable rewards based on the current Event; you may only have one Fanatic Trophy at a time
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Dreambind Monsters
[Deliverance] After defeating and gaining rewards, optionally pay the Insight cost to add the Monster to your discard pile instead of the Void; play it from hand to gain its reward again
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Activate Energize effects
[Rise of Vigil, Darkness Unleashed] When you reach the indicated Energy threshold, gain bonus effects on cards with Energize
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Use Phantasm
[Deliverance] Pay the Insight cost to play a Hero with Phantasm directly from the Center Row, gain its effect, then banish it to the Void
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Spend Insight
[Dreamscape] Acquire cards from your personal Dreamscape
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Use Recur ability
[Delirium] After gaining a card's effect, optionally spend Insight equal to the Recur cost to gain the effect a second time
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Participate in Fate Auctions
[Delirium] When a Fate Auction card enters the Center Row, starting with active player, bid Insight to win the listed effect; highest bidder pays their bid and gains the effect
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Roll the Delirium Die
[Delirium] Spend 5 Insight to roll and gain one of six effects: banish a card (1), draw two cards (2), gain 3 Runes (3), gain 4 Power (4), gain 5 Honor (5), or gain 6 Insight (6)
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Control Temples
[Valley of the Ancients] Spend a Life Keystone to control Temple of Life or Death Keystone to control Temple of Death; if you already control a temple, use the appropriate keystone to gain control of the Temple of Immortality and gain a bonus effect
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Move your ship
[Skulls & Sails, Curse of the Golden Isles] Once per turn, you may move your ship to any adjacent ship space; The Deep is adjacent to the two end spaces
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Spend Crew
[Skulls & Sails, Curse of the Golden Isles] When your ship is on a card's space, spend Crew equal to or greater than the card's cost to acquire or defeat it
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Collect Cursed Treasure
[Curse of the Golden Isles] When acquiring or defeating a card at a space with Cursed Treasure, also take the coin and place it face-up in front of you
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Activate Cursed Treasure
[Curse of the Golden Isles] During your turn, flip over two coins with matching game icons face-down to gain two of that resource (Runes, Power, or draw cards)
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Raid enemy ships
[Skulls & Sails, Curse of the Golden Isles] When a card grants Raid, take a Treasure of your choice from another player whose ship shares your space
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Gain Reputation
[Dawn of Champions] Earn Reputation when acquiring or defeating cards of your Champion's faction; alternatively spend 2 Runes to gain 1 Reputation once per turn
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Unlock Reputation rewards
[Dawn of Champions] When reaching threshold amounts of Reputation, unlock rewards listed on your Champion board
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Resolve Events
[Storm of Souls, Gift of the Elements] When an Event flips from the Center Deck, place it in the Event Zone where it affects all players; new Events send old ones to the Void
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Transform Events
[Gift of the Elements] Pay the cost listed on a Transforming Event to claim it as a powerful Hero for your deck
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Use Soul Gems
[Immortal Heroes] When instructed to gain a Soul Gem, draw from the Soul Gem deck and place it face up; play it for its effect anytime during your turn before it is banished at turn's end
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Activate Unite bonuses
Cards with Unite provide additional effects when you play them in the same turn as other Heroes of the same faction
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Check Day/Night status
[War of Shadows] Count Sun and Moon icons in the Center Row; more Sun icons means Day bonuses are active, more Moon icons means Night bonuses are active
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Banish cards
When a card effect allows, remove cards from the Center Row (replaced from Center Deck) or from your hand/discard pile to the Void; banishing weak cards improves deck efficiency
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Handle the Rat King
[Rat King] When the Rat King enters the Center Row, place a Giant Rat on top of each Center Row card; defeat Giant Rats to access cards beneath
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Handle the Rat Queen
[Rat Queen] When the Rat Queen enters the Center Row, shuffle all other Center Row cards face-down and place a Giant Rat on each
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Resolve effect order
When multiple effects occur simultaneously:
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Discard played Heroes
Place all Hero cards you played and remaining cards in hand into your discard pile
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Banish unused Soul Gems
[Immortal Heroes] All Soul Gems you control are banished
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Lose unspent resources
All Energy, unspent Runes, and Power are lost
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Draw five cards
Draw five cards from your personal deck; if empty, shuffle your discard pile to form a new deck
