Card States
Card States
p. 10At the start of each round you have 5 cards in your hand. During the round, cards will be changing states. The following section will describe all the states the card can be in and how they change.
In Hand
p. 10At the start of the round your Action cards are in your hand.
Played
p. 10A card becomes played when you place it, facedown, from your hand, onto the board. This card state is retained until the card is returned to your hand.
Unresolved
p. 10A played card is unresolved, until after you perform one of its actions and place it onto your hero dashboard.
Resolved
p. 10After you perform an action on your played and unresolved card, the card is placed onto your hero dashboard and is now both played and resolved.
Discarded
p. 10If you place a card in the discard pile, it becomes discarded. In a rare case when you discard a played card, it counts as both discarded and played.
Changing Card State
p. 10Discard a Card
p. 10Discarding a card means to put it into the discard pile. Cards in different states can be discarded. Unless specified in the card text, the card has to be discarded from your hand. Cards used to defend are always discarded from your hand. Discarded cards are open information.
Retrieve a Card
p. 10Retrieving a card means to take one of your cards back into your hand. Cards in different states can be retrieved, depending on the card text. You retrieve all your cards at the end of each round, regardless of state. You can never retrieve another hero’s cards.
Swap a Card
p. 10When two cards are swapped, all their card states are swapped. If you need to swap a played and resolved card with a discarded card, the discarded card becomes played and resolved, and the other card becomes discarded.
Facedown
p. 10If a resolved or discarded card is facedown, it loses its type, color and actions, until it changes state to in hand or becomes faceup. Facedown cards are hidden information. When a card becomes facedown, cancel its .