Castarr4 |
Scenario 1: I'm playing Ezren and I somehow begin my turn with only Augury in my hand. Here's what my turn looks like:
- Begin turn
- Cast Augury(Monsters), find the villain, and put him on top
- Use my power to draw the next card if it's a spell (I get swipe)
- Move elsewhere
- Explore, encountering a boon with the Magic trait, which I acquire with Swipe
- I get to explore again because I acquired a boon with the magic trait during an exploration
- I get to examine the top card of my deck and add it to my hand if it's a spell
- Suppose I draw another Augury. Can I cast it before I use my second exploration? Or do I have to take that exploration immediately (and therefore can't cast Augury since it doesn't affect my new encounter)?
Also, just to make sure... I can cast Toxic Cloud/Incendiary Cloud/Blizzard in the same encounter that I use a normal attack spell, right, since they're cast on different steps?
Hawkmoon269 |
For Ezren's exploring power, once he has completely resolved the encounter in which he acquired a card with the magic trait, he has to immediately explore, with immediately being the operative word. So no time to play Augury.
Here is the FAQ update on Ezren's power. That clarifies you examine and draw after the check.
So second part of scenario 1:
Encountering a boon with the Magic trait.
Evade the card (optional). N/A
Apply any effects that happen before the encounter, if needed. N/A
Attempt the check. Ezren plays Swipe as part of the check. The check ends, then he examines the next card in his deck to see if it is a spell.
Attempt the next check, if needed. Attempt to recharge Swipe.
Apply any effects that happen after the encounter, if needed. N/A
Resolve the encounter. He adds encountered boon to his hand.
And the very next thing he can do is explore. Nothing in between picking up the boon and exploring.
Scenario 2:
After you take damage. You examine and draw after the check and taking damage for failing the check is part of the check.
Castarr4 |
For Ezren's exploring power, once he has completely resolved the encounter in which he acquired a card with the magic trait, he has to immediately explore, with immediately being the operative word. So no time to play Augury.
Here is the FAQ update on Ezren's power. That clarifies you examine and draw after the check.
So second part of scenario 1:
Encountering a boon with the Magic trait.
Evade the card (optional). N/A
Apply any effects that happen before the encounter, if needed. N/A
Attempt the check. Ezren plays Swipe as part of the check. The check ends, then he examines the next card in his deck to see if it is a spell.
Attempt the next check, if needed. Attempt to recharge Swipe.
Apply any effects that happen after the encounter, if needed. N/A
Resolve the encounter. He adds encountered boon to his hand.And the very next thing he can do is explore. Nothing in between picking up the boon and exploring.
Scenario 2:
After you take damage. You examine and draw after the check and taking damage for failing the check is part of the check.
Makes sense to me. Related question! When is Haste resolved? Does it get recharged and trigger Ezren's power before or after the exploration it grants?
csouth154 |
For Ezren's exploring power, once he has completely resolved the encounter in which he acquired a card with the magic trait, he has to immediately explore, with immediately being the operative word. So no time to play Augury.
Damnit! I don't think I've ever played that correctly...but I don't think there have been too many times when I did something I technically shouldn't have between his explorations, so no biggie, I suppose.
Hawkmoon269 |
That one is a bit more nebulous. I play it like this:
1. Play Haste.
2. Recharge check for Haste.
3. Activate Ezren's power to examine and draw.
4. Explore location.
Though I think maybe I should swap 2 and 3 since during an encounter he'd always use his power before the recharge check. Though I'm not sure how much practical difference that makes.
I make exploring last since I see attempting the recharge check as part of completing the process of playing Haste. So I completely finish playing Haste before I actually explore.
This one is all much more opinion though than the stuff about what happens during an encounter.
Hawkmoon269 |
So, upon further revlection, I think I would actually do it this way:
1. Play Haste and place it in "limbo" to await recharge check.
2. Activate Ezren's power.
3. Explore location.
4. After completing exploration, attempt recharge check on Haste.
Though I'm not totally sure on #2 and #3.
Here is why: You don't attempt the recharge check until you you finish playing the card. And with Haste you don't finish playing it until you finish exploring. Which is also why I might not activate Ezren's power until after the exploration ends.
All that comes from the discussion over here.
But I'm really not totally sure on this one.
Castarr4 |
Personally, based on my own perception and reading, it seems that you would:
1. Play Haste
2. Activate Ezren's power
3. Attempt to recharge Haste (or discard it)
4. Explore
This is based on the phrasing of "discard this card to ___" which indicates the discard happens before the effect you get from the discard. Therefore you have to attempt to recharge before you get the spell's effect.
The reason I'd say Ezren's power happens before the recharge is for the same reason that "When you encounter" happens before your opportunity to evade and "Before the encounter" powers trigger.