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1.1.3. Use a basic ATK, THW, or REC power (on your hero or an ally you control)

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Player Phase

1. Player Turn: In player order, each player takes one turn

1.1.1. Play a Card

1.1.2. Trigger or Request an Action

1.1.4. Change your form (limit once per turn)

1.2. End your turn

2. End Player Phase: Once all players have ended their turn, each player does the following:

2.1. In Player Order, discard any number of cards from your hand (must discard down to hand size)

2.2. Simultaneously, draw up to your hand size

2.3. Simultaneously, ready each of your exhausted cards

3. Trigger any abilities that happen “When” the ability happens/the card is played (such as interrupts)

1.1. Repeatedly perform any of the following:

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Play a Card/Use an Ability

1. Declare Intent: Say what card you will be playing, verify that it can be done and that the effect will

change the game state.

2. Pay Costs

2.1. If playing a card, generate at least as many resources as indicated in the top-left corner.

2.2 If playing an event or triggering an ability with an ->, pay any costs to the left of that ->

4. Resolve the ability (sentence by sentence, interrupting/responding to each game occurrence)

5. Trigger any abilities that happen “After” the ability happens/the card is played (such as responses)

4.1. If resolving the ability results in an additional game occurrence (such as a minion or side scheme

being defeated), Trigger “when” abilities for that occurrence. (i.e. Interrupts)

4.3. Trigger “after” abilities for that occurrence. (i.e. Responses)

4.2. Resolve the occurrence.

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Using a Basic Power

4. Trigger any abilities that happen “After” using a basic power, character attacks, etc(i.e. Responses)

1. Exhaust the character who is using their basic power. (If that character is exhausted, they cannot use

their basic power)

5. If using an ally apply consequential damage equal to the number of * icons in the ATK/THW field.

2. Trigger any abilities that happen “When” the character attacks/thwarts/recovers (such as interrupts)

3. Resolve the basic power:

3.2. Deal Damage/Remove Threat/Heal HP. If this results in something being defeated: Trigger any abilities that happen “When” the thing is defeated (such as Interrupts/When Defeated) then discard it.

3.1. Trigger any abilities that happen “When” damage is dealt/threat removed (such as interrupts)

3.3. If a villain is defeated, immediately advance to the next stage and resolve effects of such.

3.3. Trigger abilities that happen “After” dealing damage, defeating a character, etc (i.e. Responses)

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When/After Effects Timing Priority

1. Trigger any Status Effects, these are all replacement effects, so do not execute any interrupts or

responses, and remove the status card instead of doing the normal effect.

2. Trigger any Constant Abilities or Keywords that are appropriate.

3. Trigger any Forced Interrupts(When)/Responses(After).

4. Trigger any Interrupts(When)/Responses(After).

0. (When only) Trigger any “before” effects (i.e. Piercing)

5. Trigger any When Defeated abilities as appropriate (may be simultaneous with the discard)

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Villain Phase

2. Activate: In Player Order, the villain activates, then each minion engaged with the player activates until every minion engaged with that player has activated.

1. Accelarate: Add threat to the main scheme according to the Acceleration value on the main scheme

and any acceleration icons/tokens.

2.1. If the player is in Hero Form they attack, if the player is in Alter-Ego Form, they scheme.

3. Deal: Deal 1 face-down encounter card to each player.

4. Reveal: In Player Order, each player reveals all of their face-down encounter cards, until no face-down

encounter cards remain. (If an Enemy Attacks, resolve as for an activation)

5. Pass: Pass the first player token to the next player, Villain Phase ends.

3.1. If there are any Hazard Icons, deal 1 total additional encounter card per hazard icon, in player

order.

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Enemy Activations (Attacks or Schemes)

1. Trigger any abilities that happen “when” an enemy attacks/schemes (i.e. Interrupts).

2. Boost: If the enemy is a villain, deal them one face-down boost card.

3. (Attack only): Any player may declare a defender.

4. Turn each the Boost card face up, one at a time.

4.1. Trigger any abilities that happen “when” a boost card is turned faceup (i.e. Interrupts).

3.1. Trigger any abilities that happen “when” a character defends (i.e. Interrupts).

3.2. Exhaust the defending character

4.2. Execute the Boost ability

4.2. The enemy gets + ATK/SCH equal to the number of Boost Icons (Y) on the card.

5. Resolve attack/scheme (Activations, Part 2)

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Enemy Activations (Part 2: Add threat/deal damage)

5.b.1. Trigger any abilities that happen “when” damage is dealt (i.e. Interrupts).

5.a. Resolve Enemy’s Scheming

5.b. Resolve Enemy’s Attack, calculate damage equal to enemy’s ATK minus defender’s DEF if any.

5.a.1. Trigger any abilities that happen “when” threat is placed on a scheme (i.e. Interrupts)

5.a.2. Place threat on the main scheme, if it is complete, immediately advance to the next stage, and resolve any “When Revealed” abilities.

5.b.2. Deal the damage. If the character’s HP is now 0, Trigger any abilities that happen “when” a character is defeated (i.e. Interrupts), then discard the character.

5.a.3. Trigger any abilities that happen “after” threat is placed on a scheme or an enemy schemes

(i.e. Responses)

5.b.3. Trigger any abilities that happen “after” damage dealt or character defeated (i.e. Responses)