Outstanding Issues

This is a list of questions whose answers are unclear or ambiguous based on the current rulebook. These questions have been submitted to the design team for clarification by a contributor to Archon Arcana.

Here's the process we use for sending questions to the design team and then updating the relevant articles on Archon Arcana.

1. Word the question with specific cards, rules, etc. Use the Official FAQ as a guideline. Try to avoid generalities like "How does this work?" or "What happens when...".
2. Submit the question to the Ghost Galaxy development team via their web portal. Note: Prior to June 2022, this portal was hosted by Fantasy Flight Games.
3. Add the question to the Outstanding Issues Database
4. If an answer comes from the developers team email, convert the question and answer and create an entry in the FFGRulings Database. Include a screenshot with the reply and the original question. (Wherever possible, this should be done with a single screenshot. Please redact your personal email address from the screenshot.) If you're having issues with screenshots or redacting, forward the email to Blinkingline and he'll take care of it.
5. Delete the Outstanding Issue and rebuild the Outstanding Issues Database.
6. If there is an official FAQ update to include the question in a new rulebook, convert the rulings entry to a FAQ entry, using a similar process as that used for Outstanding Issues.

NOTE: Arcana Advises is a recommendation on how to resolve each outstanding issue in the absence of a judge. It is not a substitute for a judge or an official Ghost Galaxy ruling. Always follow the rulings of the head judge at any event you attend. Arcana Advises is not official information from Ghost Galaxy Games. Ghost Galaxy has been notified of the ambiguity in the rulebook, and this and relevant articles will be updated when clarification is provided.

Submitted 2019-09-17

My battleline consists of four cards: Bad Penny, Gub, Lollop the Titanic, and King of the Crag. Bad Penny has 1 power, Gub is not on a flank and so has 6 power, Lollop has 11 power,and King of the Crag has 7 for a total of 25 power. If I choose Brobnar and play Might Makes Right to sacrifice all four creatures, the Destroyed: ability on Bad Penny will send it to hand, leaving Gub on a flank meaning he has a power of 1. Does Might Make Right still result in forging a key at no cost?Arcana Advises: Yes. When you initially selected the creatures the total power was 25 or greater when they were tagged for destruction. Even though Bad Penny ends up in your hand, it still counts as successfully sacrificed and you will forge a key at no cost.

Submitted 2020-11-30

If I play Exhume and target half a Gigantic creature in the discard pile for which I have the other half in my hand, does the Gigantic creature get played or does the effect of Exhume fail?Arcana Advises: A card that will allow you to play a single creature from an out-of-play zone such as Lateral Shift, Helper Bot, or Subject Kirby will successfully play a Gigantic creature if both halves of the Gigantic creature are within that zone. However, Exhume's ability is targeting a single card in the discard pile and would therefore fail.

Submitted 2021-01-03

In my battleline, I have Gebuk.  My opponent had a Harbinger of Doom in their battleline, and played Skullion, choosing to sacrifice Harbinger of Doom. 

Harbinger of Doom's Destroyed: ability resolves and tags all creatures for destruction. This causes Gebuk to be destroyed, and its Destroyed: ability resolves, playing Teliga.

The question is: Is Teliga played at a point where its ability can resolve? It would seem there are two possible interpretations:

1. Teliga is played while resolving the Play: ability of Skullion,, which would mean it is "online" within the "after play" window of Skullion, so the FAQ for Spectral Tunneler and Nexus says Teliga should resolve. 
2. Teliga was not in play when Skullion was played, so therefore can't resolve, similar to the FAQ entry for Tolas and Overlord Greking. 

Submitted 2021-02-09

If the Active Player plays Hunter or Hunted? and there are no creatures that are currently warded, does the resolution of the Play: ability mean they have to ward a creature?

Submitted 2021-05-16

On a previous turn, I played Pour-tal, raised the tide and put it into my discard pile. On a subsequent turn, I call Logos and play Think Twice, choosing Pour-tal. Because the tide is already high, Pour-tal goes into my archives.

The question is, does the purge from Think Twice's ability still resolve and purge Pour-tal out of my archives?

Submitted 2021-06-02

In my opponent’s battleline, they have 5 creatures total; 3 creatures in the middle with Com. Officer Hings and Com. Officer Gross on the flanks. In my battleline, I have Replicator. If I reap with Replicator and resolve Com Officer Hings’ Reap: ability, do I draw 3 cards, or does Replicator’s ability do nothing because Com. Officer Gross is not in my battleline?

Can I raise the Tide point at any point during my turn? If so, can I raise it at the start of my turn as a “start of turn effect”? In my battleline, I have Lord Invidius in play, and it’s been upgraded with Walls’ Blaster. On my turn, I reap with Lord Invidius, giving me two Reap: abilities to resolve: Deal 2 damage to a creature from the Blaster, and take control of an opponent’s creature from Lord Invidius. I choose to resolve Lord Invidius first, and take control of a 2 power creature from my opponent. This moves Lord Invidius out of the center of the battleline (causing it to lose its gained Reap: ability). I deal 2 damage to the 2 power creature next to Lord Invidius, destroying it and shifting Lord Invidius back to the center of the battleline, where it gains the Reap: ability again. When the Reap: ability comes back, is it the SAME Reap: ability that was already resolved, or is it a new instance of the Reap: ability, meaning I could resolve it to take control of another creature from my opponent?

Submitted 2022-07-13

My opponent has Strange Gizmo in play, I have The Sting in play. When my opponent forges a key, does The Sting's ability work like a replacement effect here and resolve before Strange Gizmo's ability? If not, are both abilities available to resolve in the "After a player forges a key" window, meaning the Active Player would decide the order?

Submitted 2022-10-26

Should abilities that instruct you to ""Shuffle X into your deck" (such as on Not Finished with You) be interpreted as "Add X to your deck and shuffle it." or "If X>0, add X to your deck and shuffle it."?

Submitted 2024-03-26

If I play Grisly Exchange, do I get to put the cards in any order?

How should order be "maintained" when swapping cards in discard and deck for cards like Future is Past?

Submitted 2024-03-28

My opponent has multiple creatures in their battleline with more than 3 power as well as Reassembling Automaton. If I play Plague Wind, it causes an infinite loop where Reassembling Automaton is repeatedly destroyed. How should this be resolved?Arcana Advises: In this case, the active player resolves the loop as many times as they wish, and then they adjust the game state by removing Reassembling Automaton from play. After adjusting the game state, play can resume as normal.

Submitted 2024-04-11

If I play Animating Force and attach it to my opponent's Hologrammophone, is Hologrammophone now a 4-power creature with "Versatile" and "Action: Ward a creature." in its text box or is it simply a 4-power creature with "Versatile" in its text box?

Submitted 2024-04-12

I have Chronophage in my battleline. My opponent plays Curse of Cowardice into my artifact area. Does Curse of Cowardice gain Omega and cause my opponent's current step to end? What about if I play Curse of Cowardice into my opponent's artifact area?