Enchantments abound in Beast’s castle! Some cards discard other cards to do their effects, some cards can play themselves after being discarded, and some cards are triggered by discards. The Belle and Beast cards both help the discarding and help each other, and Petals of the Rose helps sort the deck.
- - Smash Up: Disney Edition rulebook
Beauty and the Beast is one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Disney Edition set.
Beauty and the Beast discard cards for effects, with several cards becoming playable when they are discarded from your hand.
Their complexity rating is: Low-Medium.
Other factions from the same set: Aladdin, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Mulan, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wreck-It Ralph.
Cards[]
Beauty and the Beast has 11 characters and 9 actions compared to the usual 10 and 10. The total character base power (not counting any abilities) is 30 or an average of 2.73 per character compared to the usual 30 and 3.
Among their actions, there are:
- 0 character modifiers,
- 3 base modifiers: Be Our Guest, Gaston, Petals of the Rose,
- 6 standard actions (2 that affect one or more characters, in bold): Break the Curse, Discover the Library (2x), Ever a Surprise (2x), This Provincial Town,
- 2 actions that directly increase a character's power: Break the Curse, This Provincial Town.
Characters[]
1x Belle - power 5 - If Beast is here, you may draw up to three cards. Talent: Draw a card, OR discard a card. FAQ
1x Beast - power 4 - If Belle is here, place a +1 power counter on it and on this card. Talent: Discard a card to place a +1 power counter on this card. FAQ
1x Cogsworth - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to play an extra action. FAQ
1x Lumiere - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to play an extra character of power 3 or less here. FAQ
1x Mrs. Potts and Chip - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to draw a card. FAQ
6x Enchanted Objects - power 2 - Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra character. Use only one Enchanted Objects ability per turn. FAQ
Actions[]
1x Be Our Guest - Base modifier. Talent: If you have discarded a card from your hand this turn, draw a card. FAQ
1x Break the Curse - Choose a base. Each of your characters currently there gains +1 power until the end of the turn. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action. FAQ
2x Discover the Library - Draw two cards, then discard a card. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action. FAQ
2x Ever a Surprise - Shuffle up to two characters from your discard pile into your deck. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action. FAQ
1x Gaston - Base modifier. Ongoing: This base’s breakpoint is increased by 5. On each player’s turn, that player may discard two cards to destroy this card. FAQ
1x Petals of the Rose - Base modifier. Ongoing: After you discard one or more cards from your hand, you may look at the top two cards of your deck. Place them on the top and/or bottom of your deck in any order. FAQ
1x This Provincial Town - Play an extra character of power 3 or less. Then you may discard a card to place a +1 power counter on it. FAQ
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Bases[]
Clarifications[]
Here are the official clarifications as they appear in the Smash Up: Disney Edition rulebook:
Be Our Guest: These only work once per your turn, no matter how often you fulfill the conditions.
Beast, Cogsworth, Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Chip, This Provincial Town: Discarding a card for one of these cards does not count toward any other card’s prerequisites; a separate card must be discarded for each one. But even one discarded card triggers all cards that trigger from a discard (e.g. Be Our Guest, Enchanted Castle).
Break the Curse, Discover the Library, Enchanted Objects, Ever a Surprise: Each of these can play itself if discarded from the hand for any reason, whether another ability requires a discard from the hand, or because the hand is too large in the Draw 2 Cards phase. They are not triggered after being discarded from a scoring base or the deck.
Break the Curse: Only characters on the base when the ability is resolved get the +1; those played or moved there later do not.
Gaston: The increase to the breakpoint only lasts while Gaston is on the base.
Lumiere: You can just discard a card without playing the extra character, since extra plays are optional.
Petals of the Rose: These are resolved each time their trigger happens, not just once per turn.
Suggested Disney Matchups and Tips for Play[]
To help beginner players, the Smash Up: Disney Edition set gave a few tips and tricks to play this faction, as well as partner recommendations within the set.
Good beginning partner factions: Big Hero 6, Frozen
Tips for play:
- When you discard a card to activate an ability, discard one that then plays itself, if you can.
- Belle, Mrs. Potts and Chip, and Be Our Guest can replenish your hand.
- Belle and Beast help each other, but their talents are useful enough that you shouldn’t hesitate to use them alone.
Mechanics[]
Beauty and the Beast are all about discarding cards from your hand to get various benefits. But the neat thing is they have cards that you want to discard (Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, Discover the Library and Ever a Surprise) because those become playable for free when that happens, so you're not simply losing a card for a benefit.
External Strategy Guides[]
FAQ[]
Questions on Belle[]
Q: Is there a limit to the number of cards in my hand?
A: Yes, the rules of the Smash Up: Disney Edition set are actually missing it, but there is a limit of ten cards though only during your Draw 2 Cards phase, which is when you draw two cards before the end of your turn. At any other time, you can have more than ten cards in hand and it is fine. You'll just wait until your next Draw 2 Cards phase to discard down to ten.
Q: I draw cards, either from playing Belle on Beast's base, or from using its talent, but it will bring my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or do I stop drawing once I have exactly ten cards?
A: You draw cards normally, disregarding the limit. You don't discard any card until your Draw 2 Cards phase. At that point, you will indeed need to draw two cards and discard down to 10 if you have more than 10. That's the only moment where you must discard down to 10. At any other time, you keep your hand of cards.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: How does this interact with the Grimms’ Blessing?
A: Grimms’ Blessing is treated as having the name "Beast", so Belle allows you to draw up to three cards when played on Grimms’ Blessing's base.
Questions on Beast[]
Q: If I use its talent, do I have to discard a card?
A: No. It's a "Do X to do Y" type of ability, so while it doesn't say "you may", doing X is actually optional![1]
Rule: When a card says "Do X to do Y" or "You may do X to do Y", doing X is optional in both cases.
Q: If Beast's ability is cancelled, are the +1 power counters placed by its ability removed?
A: No. When you place a +1 power counter, it's a definitive effect (like drawing cards, if you play Minn-Erva, you're not going to discard the cards you drew if Minn-Erva's ability is cancelled), so the +1 power counters remain even if the card that placed them has its ability cancelled. Besides, how are you going to keep track of which +1 power counters were added by Beast's ability and which ones were not (e.g. if you're playing Beauty and the Beast Big Hero 6 or Beauty and the Beast The Lion King)? That would be very cumbersome.
Rule: Cancelling (or losing) an effect does not necessarily undo what it did.
Q: If Beast is removed from play (e.g. destroyed, returned, etc.), is the +1 power counter placed by its ability on Belle removed?
A: No. When you place a +1 power counter, it's a definitive effect, so the +1 power counters remain even if the card that placed them is removed from play (like drawing cards, if you play Minn-Erva, you're not going to discard the card you drew if Minn-Erva is destroyed). On the other hand, if a card is removed while it had +1 power counters, only the +1 power counters on it are removed, but that's because a card that leaves play loses all its attachments. Besides, how are you going to keep track of which +1 power counters were added by Beast's ability and which ones were not (e.g. if you're playing Beauty and the Beast Big Hero 6 or Beauty and the Beast The Lion King)? That would be very cumbersome.
Rule: Removing a card from play does not necessarily undo what it did.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: How does this interact with the Grimms’ Blessing?
A: Grimms’ Blessing is treated as having the name "Belle", so you would place a +1 power counter on both Beast and Grimms’ Blessing when Beast is played on Grimms’ Blessing's base. However, the counter on Grimms’ Blessing wouldn't do anything because Grimms’ Blessing is not a minion and no cards say what the counter does.
Questions on Cogsworth[]
Q: If I use its talent, do I have to discard a card?
A: No. It's a "Do X to do Y" type of ability, so while it doesn't say "you may", doing X is actually optional![1]
Rule: When a card says "Do X to do Y" or "You may do X to do Y", doing X is optional in both cases.
Q: If I discard a card that plays itself that way (e.g. Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc.), do I play it as an extra card before or after playing Cogsworth's extra action?
A: It depends. Those cards can only be played after you've finished resolving Cogsworth's talent. But Cogsworth's extra action can either be played immediately, or "banked" to be played later during your Play Cards phase. If you choose to play the extra action immediately, then the extra action will be resolved before Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc. If you choose to "bank" the extra action, then you'll first need to resolve Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc. and any other card reactions as well, e.g. Petals of the Rose, before being able to play the extra action.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
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Questions on Lumiere[]
Q: If I use its talent, do I have to discard a card?
A: No. It's a "Do X to do Y" type of ability, so while it doesn't say "you may", doing X is actually optional![1]
Rule: When a card says "Do X to do Y" or "You may do X to do Y", doing X is optional in both cases.
Q: If I discard a card that plays itself that way (e.g. Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc.), do I play it as an extra card before or after playing Lumiere's extra character?
A: It depends. Those cards can only be played after you've finished resolving Lumiere's talent. But Lumiere's extra character can either be played immediately, or "banked" to be played later during your Play Cards phase. If you choose to play the extra character immediately, then the extra character will be resolved before Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc. If you choose to "bank" the extra character, then you'll first need to resolve Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc. and any other card reactions as well, e.g. Petals of the Rose, before being able to play the extra character.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: I can play an extra "character". So I can only play a "character" card, not a "minion" card, correct?
A: Wrong, you can play a "character" or a "minion" card as the extra character without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Questions on Mrs. Potts and Chip[]
Q: Is there a limit to the number of cards in my hand?
A: Yes, the rules of the Smash Up: Disney Edition set are actually missing it, but there is a limit of ten cards though only during your Draw 2 Cards phase, which is when you draw two cards before the end of your turn. At any other time, you can have more than ten cards in hand and it is fine. You'll just wait until your next Draw 2 Cards phase to discard down to ten.
Q: If I use its talent, do I have to discard a card?
A: No. It's a "Do X to do Y" type of ability, so while it doesn't say "you may", doing X is actually optional![1]
Rule: When a card says "Do X to do Y" or "You may do X to do Y", doing X is optional in both cases.
Q: I draw a card, but it will bring my hand to more than ten cards, for example by discarding Discover the Library. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or do I stop drawing once I have exactly ten cards?
A: You draw cards normally, disregarding the limit. You don't discard any card until your Draw 2 Cards phase. At that point, you will indeed need to draw two cards and discard down to 10 if you have more than 10. That's the only moment where you must discard down to 10. At any other time, you keep your hand of cards.
Q: If I discard a card that plays itself that way (e.g. Enchanted Objects, Break the Curse, etc.), do I play it as an extra card before or after drawing Mrs. Potts and Chip's card?
A: After, because those cards can only be played after you've finished resolving Mrs. Potts and Chip's talent.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
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Questions on Enchanted Objects[]
Q: The card says "Special" so I can play it outside of my turn, right?
A: "Special" does not mean the card can be played out of turn. "Special" simply means that it's an ability that can be used when its condition is met. Whether it can be used out of turn, activated straight from your hand/discard pile, or if it can only be used when it's already in play (essentially being a synonym of Ongoing), it entirely depends on the wording. In the case of Enchanted Objects, the condition is "after you discard this card from your hand", this means that you can only activate it if you discard it from your hand, no matter whose turn it is. If you discard it from your hand outside your turn, you would indeed be able to play it out of turn, but only because it was discarded.
Q: I don't get its ability. Can I only play this character after I discard it from my hand?
A: No. Characters with a Special ability can be played as a normal character without invoking their Special ability.
Rule: N/A
Q: When can this character be played as a Special? Only when I have cards in excess during the Draw 2 Cards phase? Only when I use an ability that has me discard a card?
A: You can play it after you discard it from your hand for any reason, whether it's because you have to discard down to 10, or because any ability (yours, another player's, or a base's) tells you to discard a card.
Q: This character can be played when it's discarded. If it is discarded from my deck or after a base scores, do I get to play it?
A: No, it can only be played after it is discarded from your hand! Being discarded from the deck or from a base isn't being discarded from your hand.
Q: I'm told to "discard a card to do X". If I discard this character, do I get to play it as an extra character before or after doing X?
A: The general answer is after, because Enchanted Objects can only be played "after" you've finished resolving card abilities that are in the middle of resolution. However, if "do X" is "play an extra card/character/action", it is possible to "bank" that extra card for a later use rather than playing it immediately, in which case you'll be able to play Enchanted Objects first before actually playing that extra card. Note that this is only possible if that extra card is indeed "bankable", i.e. it is your Play Cards phase, the extra card isn't about a specific card players can see, and the ability that says "discard a card to do X" isn't a Special ability and doesn't have a later effect that depends on the extra card being played.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained by a Special ability must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained outside of your Play Cards phase must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards that refer to a specific card must be played immediately or not at all.
Q: During my Draw 2 Cards phase, I have more than ten cards in hand, so I discard Enchanted Objects and play it. Doing so allows me to reach or exceed the breakpoint of a base. Do we score the base immediately?
A: No, bases only score during the Score Bases phase, so you'll need to wait until the next Score Bases phase and check again if that base scores or not.
Q: During my Draw 2 Cards phase, I have more than ten cards in hand, so I discard Enchanted Objects and play it. Doing so allows me to reach or exceed the breakpoint of a base. I get that the base doesn't score yet. When the next player's turn starts, do we score the base immediately or is that player allowed to play cards before it happens?
A: The base doesn't score until it's the Score Bases phase of a turn. So that player still has to go through their Start Turn phase and their Play Cards phase before we check if any base is ready to score.
Q: During my Draw 2 Cards phase, I have more than ten cards in hand, so I discard Enchanted Objects and play it. Doing so allows me to reach or exceed the breakpoint of a base. I get that the next player is still able to take their Start Turn phase and their Play Cards phase to do things. If they do something that brings the total power on Enchanted Objects's base below the breakpoint, does the base still score?
A: No. You only check if a base is ready to score during the Score Bases phase of a player's turn.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: I manage to steal another player's Enchanted Objects, e.g. with Trade. If I discard it from my hand, it goes to the other player's discard pile, but who gets to play it as an extra character? Me or the other player?
A: You. You discarded it from your hand so you get to play it.
Q: So the rulebook says Copycat can copy any type of abilities, including Special. So if another plays an Enchanted Objetcs as a Special, I can copy the Enchanted Objetcs's ability and play Copycat, right? Same question about Wil Wheaton, Snuggly Bear, Argonaut, Fan, Shinobi, etc.
A: No, Copycat's ability is an on-play ability, which means you only resolve it if you play Copycat first. In your scenario, you invoke Copycat's ability while it's out of play and then use it to play Copycat, which isn't possible because you can only copy an ability by first playing Copycat. A Copycat's ability cannot be used to play the Copycat itself because playing it is required to invoke its copy ability in the first place.
Questions on Be Our Guest[]
Q: Is there a limit to the number of cards in my hand?
A: Yes, the rules of the Smash Up: Disney Edition set are actually missing it, but there is a limit of ten cards though only during your Draw 2 Cards phase, which is when you draw two cards before the end of your turn. At any other time, you can have more than ten cards in hand and it is fine. You'll just wait until your next Draw 2 Cards phase to discard down to ten.
Q: An opponent plays this card on a base, so now I can use this talent when it's my turn, right?
A: No. Your opponent played the action, so they control it, and therefore the talent can only be used by them.
Rule: A play-on-base action doesn't give an ability to the base that any player can use.
Rule: A card's talent can only be used by that card's controller.
Q: I draw a card while I have ten cards in hand, for example because I used Mrs. Potts and Chip's talent or discarded Discover the Library. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or do I stop drawing once I have exactly ten cards?
A: You draw cards normally, disregarding the limit. You don't discard any card until your Draw 2 Cards phase. At that point, you will indeed need to draw two cards and discard down to 10 if you have more than 10. That's the only moment where you must discard down to 10. At any other time, you keep your hand of cards.
Q: On the same turn, I discarded several cards, several at once (e.g. with Gaston) and/or a single card multiple times (e.g. using Belle, Beast, Lumiere, etc. on the same turn). How many cards do I draw with Be Our Guest? Only one? Or one per discarded cards?
A: Only one.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: If a card refers to an action "that can be played on a base" (e.g. Mechanic, Flank Attack), this one doesn't say "play on a base" so it cannot be targeted, correct?
A: Wrong, "Base modifier" and "Play on a base" are two synonymous phrases.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: It doesn't interact with them at all, because it says "Base modifier", which means that it is not a standard action.
Questions on Break the Curse[]
Q: The card says "Special" so I can play it outside of my turn, right?
A: "Special" does not mean the card can be played out of turn. "Special" simply means that it's an ability that can be used when its condition is met. Whether it can be used out of turn, activated straight from your hand/discard pile, or if it can only be used when it's already in play (essentially being a synonym of Ongoing), it entirely depends on the wording. In the case of Break the Curse, the condition is "after you discard this card from your hand", this means that you can only activate it if you discard it from your hand, no matter whose turn it is. If you discard it from your hand outside your turn, you would indeed be able to play it out of turn, but only because it was discarded.
Q: When can this action be played as a Special? Only when I have cards in excess during the Draw 2 Cards phase? Only when I use an ability that has me discard a card?
A: You can play it after you discard it from your hand for any reason, whether it's because you have to discard down to 10, or because any ability (yours, another player's, or a base's) tells you to discard a card.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded. If it is discarded from my deck, do I get to play it?
A: No, it can only be played after it is discarded from your hand! Being discarded from the deck isn't being discarded from your hand.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded from the hand. After it is played from the hand, it has to be discarded, so do I get to play it a second time? An infinite amount of time?
A: No, once you play it from your hand, it is no longer in it. You indeed have to discard it but since it isn't in your hand anymore, it doesn't count as being discarded from your hand.
Q: If I play Break the Curse and then play another character there afterward, does the new character get +1 power from Break the Curse?
A: No, it only increases the power of characters "currently there" at the time the card is played, and not the power of characters played afterwards.
Q: If I play Break the Curse and then move one of my characters to the targeted base. Does the character get +1 power from Break the Curse?
A: No, it only increases the power of characters "currently there" at the time the card is played, and not the power of characters played afterwards.
Q: If I play Break the Curse and then move one of my characters from the targeted base to another base. Does the character lose the +1 power from Break the Curse?
A: No, the power boost is granted as a definitive effect. The restriction to the base is only for when the card is played, so characters that got the boost still keep it if they are moved to a different base.
Q: I'm told to "discard a card/an action to do X". If I discard this action, do I get to play it as an extra action before or after doing X?
A: The general answer is after, because Break the Curse can only be played "after" you've finished resolving card abilities that are in the middle of resolution. However, if "do X" is "play an extra card/character/action", it is possible to "bank" that extra card for a later use rather than playing it immediately, in which case you'll be able to play Break the Curse first before actually playing that extra card. Note that this is only possible if that extra card is indeed "bankable", i.e. it is your Play Cards phase, the extra card isn't about a specific card players can see, and the ability that says "discard a card/an action to do X" isn't a Special ability and doesn't have a later effect that depends on the extra card being played.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained by a Special ability must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained outside of your Play Cards phase must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards that refer to a specific card must be played immediately or not at all.
Q: During my Draw 2 Cards phase, I have more than ten cards in hand, so I discard Break the Curse and play it. Doing so allows me to reach or exceed the breakpoint of a base. Do we score the base immediately?
A: No, bases only score during the Score Bases phase, so you'll need to wait until the next Score Bases phase and check again if that base scores or not. At that point Break the Curse's power boost would have already expired.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This only works with "my characters". So it only works with "character" cards, not with "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, it works with both "character" and "minion" cards. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: It gives +1 power to "my characters". Does it also give +1 power to a minion I own that don't control? I don't control it but I "own" it, so it's "my" minion, right?
A: No. "Your characters" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
Q: I play Break the Curse and boost my minions. If an opponent manages to take control of one of my minions there before Break the Curse expires (e.g. The Base Is Not Enough, Can Has Cheeseburger?), does the minion keep its boost?
A: Yes, Break the Curse gives the +1 power to all your minions there as a definitive effect, so the restriction that only your minions are affected only matters when Break the Curse is played. Afterwards, if the minion's controller changes the +1 power still remains applied to it until the end of the turn.
Q: I manage to steal another player's Break the Curse, e.g. with Trade. If I discard it from my hand, it goes to the other player's discard pile, but who gets to play it as an extra action? Me or the other player?
A: You. You discarded it from your hand so you get to play it.
Q: An opponent's Magic Ward is on a base where I have minions, can I play Break the Curse and boost them?
A: Sure. Magic Ward only prevents "play on a base" actions from being played there, but Break the Curse isn't played on a base, so Magic Ward does nothing to it.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: - Diva can't copy it because it would already be directly affected by it.
- If Dancing King copies it onto a minion (it can be itself), that minion is considered as indirectly affected by the action and gets +1 power.
- If We are Family copies it, the minion it is on is considered as indirectly affected by the action and gets +1 power.
- Funky Town can't copy it because you need to be the one who played the action and so all your minions are already directly affected by it.
Questions on Discover the Library[]
Q: Is there a limit to the number of cards in my hand?
A: Yes, the rules of the Smash Up: Disney Edition set are actually missing it, but there is a limit of ten cards though only during your Draw 2 Cards phase, which is when you draw two cards before the end of your turn. At any other time, you can have more than ten cards in hand and it is fine. You'll just wait until your next Draw 2 Cards phase to discard down to ten.
Q: The card says "Special" so I can play it outside of my turn, right?
A: "Special" does not mean the card can be played out of turn. "Special" simply means that it's an ability that can be used when its condition is met. Whether it can be used out of turn, activated straight from your hand/discard pile, or if it can only be used when it's already in play (essentially being a synonym of Ongoing), it entirely depends on the wording. In the case of Discover the Library, the condition is "after you discard this card from your hand", this means that you can only activate it if you discard it from your hand, no matter whose turn it is. If you discard it from your hand outside your turn, you would indeed be able to play it out of turn, but only because it was discarded.
Q: I play this and end up with more than ten cards in hand, for example because I used Mrs. Potts and Chip's talent. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or did I have to stop drawing once I have exactly ten cards?
A: You draw cards normally, disregarding the limit. You don't discard any card until your Draw 2 Cards phase. At that point, you will indeed need to draw two cards and discard down to 10 if you have more than 10. That's the only moment where you must discard down to 10. At any other time, you keep your hand of cards.
Q: When can this action be played as a Special? Only when I have cards in excess during the Draw 2 Cards phase? Only when I use an ability that has me discard a card?
A: You can play it after you discard it from your hand for any reason, whether it's because you have to discard down to 10, or because any ability (yours, another player's, or a base's) tells you to discard a card.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded. If it is discarded from my deck, do I get to play it?
A: No, it can only be played after it is discarded from your hand! Being discarded from the deck isn't being discarded from your hand.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded from the hand. After it is played from the hand, it has to be discarded, so do I get to play it a second time? An infinite amount of time?
A: No, once you play it from your hand, it is no longer in it. You indeed have to discard it but since it isn't in your hand anymore, it doesn't count as being discarded from your hand.
Q: Do I discard the card among the two cards I drew?
A: You draw two cards and add them to your hand, then discard one card among all the cards in your hand.
Q: I'm told to "discard a card/an action to do X". If I discard this action, do I get to play it as an extra action before or after doing X?
A: The general answer is after, because Discover the Library can only be played "after" you've finished resolving card abilities that are in the middle of resolution. However, if "do X" is "play an extra card/character/action", it is possible to "bank" that extra card for a later use rather than playing it immediately, in which case you'll be able to play Discover the Library first before actually playing that extra card. Note that this is only possible if that extra card is indeed "bankable", i.e. it is your Play Cards phase, the extra card isn't about a specific card players can see, and the ability that says "discard a card/an action to do X" isn't a Special ability and doesn't have a later effect that depends on the extra card being played.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained by a Special ability must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained outside of your Play Cards phase must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards that refer to a specific card must be played immediately or not at all.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: I manage to steal another player's Discover the Library, e.g. with Trade. If I discard it from my hand, it goes to the other player's discard pile, but who gets to play it as an extra action? Me or the other player?
A: You. You discarded it from your hand so you get to play it.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: It doesn't interact with them at all, because it doesn't affect any minions in play and so its effect can't be copied.
Questions on Ever a Surprise[]
Q: The card says "Special" so I can play it outside of my turn, right?
A: "Special" does not mean the card can be played out of turn. "Special" simply means that it's an ability that can be used when its condition is met. Whether it can be used out of turn, activated straight from your hand/discard pile, or if it can only be used when it's already in play (essentially being a synonym of Ongoing), it entirely depends on the wording. In the case of Ever a Surprise, the condition is "after you discard this card from your hand", this means that you can only activate it if you discard it from your hand, no matter whose turn it is. If you discard it from your hand outside your turn, you would indeed be able to play it out of turn, but only because it was discarded.
Q: Do I choose which characters to shuffle or are they picked randomly?
A: You choose which characters to shuffle.
Q: When can this action be played as a Special? Only when I have cards in excess during the Draw 2 Cards phase? Only when I use an ability that has me discard a card?
A: You can play it after you discard it from your hand for any reason, whether it's because you have to discard down to 10, or because any ability (yours, another player's, or a base's) tells you to discard a card.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded. If it is discarded from my deck, do I get to play it?
A: No, it can only be played after it is discarded from your hand! Being discarded from the deck isn't being discarded from your hand.
Q: This action can be played when it's discarded from the hand. After it is played from the hand, it has to be discarded, so do I get to play it a second time? An infinite amount of time?
A: No, once you play it from your hand, it is no longer in it. You indeed have to discard it but since it isn't in your hand anymore, it doesn't count as being discarded from your hand.
Q: It doesn't say to reveal the characters you shuffle into your deck, so I don't have to reveal them if I don't want to, right?
A: No. Discard piles are "public knowledge", so you can check which cards are in any player's discard pile at any time. If you take a card out of the discard pile, players are supposed to know what card was taken out. So, you should reveal them.
Rule: If you take a card out of the discard pile, show it to everyone.
Q: I'm told to "discard a card/an action to do X". If I discard this action, do I get to play it as an extra action before or after doing X?
A: The general answer is after, because Ever a Surprise can only be played "after" you've finished resolving card abilities that are in the middle of resolution. However, if "do X" is "play an extra card/character/action", it is possible to "bank" that extra card for a later use rather than playing it immediately, in which case you'll be able to play Ever a Surprise first before actually playing that extra card. Note that this is only possible if that extra card is indeed "bankable", i.e. it is your Play Cards phase, the extra card isn't about a specific card players can see, and the ability that says "discard a card/an action to do X" isn't a Special ability and doesn't have a later effect that depends on the extra card being played.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
Rule: During your Play Cards phase, you can play extra minions and actions at any time or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained by a Special ability must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards gained outside of your Play Cards phase must be played immediately or not at all.
Rule: Extra cards that refer to a specific card must be played immediately or not at all.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: It retrieves "characters". So it only works on "character" cards and not at all on "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, it works on both "character" and "minion" cards. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: I manage to steal another player's Ever a Surprise, e.g. with Trade. If I discard it from my hand, it goes to the other player's discard pile, but who gets to play it as an extra action? Me or the other player?
A: You. You discarded it from your hand so you get to play it.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: It doesn't interact with them at all, because it doesn't affect any minions in play and so its effect can't be copied.
Questions on Gaston[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: If a card refers to an action "that can be played on a base" (e.g. Mechanic, Flank Attack), this one doesn't say "play on a base" so it cannot be targeted, correct?
A: Wrong, "Base modifier" and "Play on a base" are two synonymous phrases.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: It doesn't interact with them at all, because it says "Base modifier", which means that it is not a standard action.
Questions on Petals of the Rose[]
Q: An opponent plays this card on a base, so if I discard a card, I can rearrange the top two cards of my deck, right?
A: No. Your opponent played the action, so they control it, and therefore the action only addresses them and the ability must be interpreted from their point of view. So "you" means "they" (i.e. your opponent), "your hand/deck" means "their hand/deck", and "(you) place" means "they place".
Rule: A play-on-base action doesn't give an ability to the base that any player can use.
Rule: "You" on a minion, action or titan means the controller of the card.
Q: What happens if there's fewer than two cards in my deck?
A: You take what's left of your deck, then shuffle your discard pile to form a new deck and resume taking cards until you have two cards.
Q: What happens if there's exactly two cards in my deck?
A: You look at those two cards, rearrange them and set them down. That's your deck. You don't shuffle your discard pile to make a new deck.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: If a card refers to an action "that can be played on a base" (e.g. Mechanic, Flank Attack), this one doesn't say "play on a base" so it cannot be targeted, correct?
A: Wrong, "Base modifier" and "Play on a base" are two synonymous phrases.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: It doesn't interact with them at all, because it says "Base modifier", which means that it is not a standard action.
Questions on This Provincial Town[]
Q: Do I have to play the extra character immediately or can I delay it until later and finish doing the rest of the card when I do it?
A: You have to play it immediately or not at all because the card does something else after the extra character is played. It cannot be saved for later.
Q: Can I play This Provincial Town without having any characters in my hand? How do I prove that I don't have a character to play?
A: You can play This Provincial Town without playing a character and there's no reason to prove you can't do it. Actually, when you play This Provincial Town (during your Play Cards phase), it just grants you the possibility to play an extra character. You don't even have to play one if you don't want to.
Q: I played This Provincial Town but then decided I don't want to play a character anymore. Do I still have to play one?
A: No. Even though it says "Play an extra character", you don't have to do it. Abilities that grant extra cards to play just increases the number of cards of that type that you can play for the turn, but they never force you to play one. This is an exception to the rule that tells you that you must follow a card's ability.
Q: When is the power counter placed? Before resolving the character's ability or after?
A: After. You resolve the card in order, so you first play the character, then resolve its ability, and finally you place the +1 power counter on it.[2]
Rule: When you play a card, resolve the played card's ability immediately and completely.
Rule: Multiple parts of a card’s ability must be done in their stated order.
Rule: Check the Card Resolution Order.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: I can play an extra "character". So I can only play a "character" card, not a "minion" card, correct?
A: Wrong, you can play a "character" or a "minion" card as the extra character without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: If the minion is Sidelined Girlfriend and you place it in stasis, can you still place a +1 power counter on it?
A: No, cards in stasis cannot be affected by cards that do not explicitly state they work on cards in stasis.
Q: How does this interact with the Disco Dancers' mechanic and Funky Town's ability?
A: - If Diva copies it, Diva is considered as indirectly affected by the action and has a +1 power counter placed on it.
- If Dancing King copies it onto a minion (it can be itself), that minion is considered as indirectly affected by the action and has a +1 power counter placed on it.
- If We are Family copies it, the minion it is on is considered as indirectly affected by the action and has a +1 power counter placed on it.
- With Funky Town, you can only copy it if you're the one who played the action and if it affects one of your minions, but if Funky Town does copy it, the minion is considered as indirectly affected by the action and has a +1 power counter placed on it.
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