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If you want to build a snowman, the Elsa card will help fetch and play the Olaf, Marshmallow, and Snowgies cards, and can often strengthen them. The Anna, Kristoff, and Sven cards will find each other, while many of your action cards assist in setting up your hand and discard pile for powerful and effective turns.
- - Smash Up: Disney Edition rulebook
Frozen is one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Disney Edition set.
They focus on characters that can search for each other from the deck and/or discard pile.
Their complexity rating is: Medium.
Other factions from the same set: Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Big Hero 6, Mulan, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wreck-It Ralph.
Cards[]
Frozen has the usual 10 characters and 10 actions. The total character base power (not counting any abilities) is the usual 30 or an average of 3 per character.
Among their actions, there are:
- 0 character modifiers,
- 2 base modifiers: Frozen Port, Lock the Gates,
- 8 standard actions (1 that affects one or more characters, in bold): Act of True Love, Big Summer Blowout, Do You Want to Build a Snowman?, Let It Go (2x), Hans Westergaard, Reindeers Are Better Than People (2x),
- 0 actions that directly increase a character's power.
Characters[]
1x Elsa - power 5 - Talent: Play Olaf or a Snowgie from your hand or discard pile as an extra character, OR place Marshmallow into your hand from your discard pile. FAQ
1x Anna - power 4 - Search your deck and/or discard pile for Elsa or Kristoff, reveal it, and draw it. Shuffle your deck if you searched it. Ongoing: Your other characters here cannot be destroyed by other players’ cards. FAQ
1x Kristoff - power 4 - Ongoing: This character has +2 power if Anna and/or Sven are here. Talent: Search your deck and/or discard pile for Anna or Sven, reveal it, and draw it. Shuffle your deck if you searched it. FAQ
1x Marshmallow - power 3 - Ongoing: If Elsa is here, this character has +2 power. FAQ
1x Olaf - power 3 - Talent: Look at the top two cards of your deck. You may place any number of them into your discard pile. Return the rest in any order. FAQ
1x Sven - power 3 - Talent: Move one of your characters to this base, OR search your deck and/or discard pile for Kristoff, reveal it, draw it, and shuffle your deck if you searched it. FAQ
4x Snowgie - power 2 - If one of your characters here has 5 or more power, place a +1 power counter on this character. FAQ
Actions[]
1x Act of True Love - Destroy one of your characters to play another character from your discard pile as an extra character. FAQ
1x Big Summer Blowout - Discard a card to place a character from your discard pile into your hand. FAQ
1x Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Play Olaf, Marshmallow, or a Snowgie from your discard pile as an extra character. FAQ
1x Frozen Port - Base modifier. Ongoing: Other players cannot play their first character each turn here if they can play it on another base. FAQ
1x Hans Westergaard - Each player reveals a character from their hand or reveals their hand to show it has no characters. All revealed characters are shuffled into their owners’ decks. FAQ
2x Let It Go - Look at the top three cards of your deck. Draw one and place the rest in your discard pile and/or on top of your deck in any order. FAQ
1x Lock the Gates - Base modifier. Ongoing: Your characters here cannot be destroyed by other players’ cards. Talent: Look at the top card of your deck. Discard it or return it. FAQ
2x Reindeers Are Better Than People - Search your deck and/or discard pile for a character. Shuffle your deck if you searched it. If the card is power 3 or less, play it as an extra character; otherwise, discard it. FAQ
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Bases[]
Clarifications[]
Here are the official clarifications as they appear in the Smash Up: Disney Edition rulebook:
Big Summer Blowout: 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).
Frozen Port: Some cards require that characters be played on a certain base; if so, Frozen Port does not prevent it. If other players play more than one character per turn, the later characters can be played at Frozen Port’s base whether they are regular or extra characters.
Hans Westergaard: Each player does what the card says in turn order, starting with the current player unless the card says otherwise.
Kristoff: If Anna and Sven are both at its base, it still just gets +2 power.
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: The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tips for play:
- Get familiar with which characters and actions can find which characters, so that you can quickly find and play them again and again. Elsa is especially useful to get out early and often.
- It’s okay to send characters to the discard pile, especially Snowgies, since they can be retrieved and even played from there.
- Frozen Port can help you score a base by yourself.
Mechanics[]
Their main mechanic is that their characters chain into one another, allowing you to search each one of them, even from the discard pile. Understanding which character is linked to which helps you get to your stronger characters faster and retrieving the necessary characters to redo that again and again. As such, Sven allows you to search for Kristoff, which searches for Anna, which searches for Elsa, which plays snowmen characters.
As a secondary mechanic, they help you thin your deck by allowing you to look at the top cards and to discard any unnecessary ones, mainly snowmen characters since Elsa and a few other cards can play them straight from there.
External Strategy Guides[]
FAQ[]
Questions on Elsa[]
Q: When using the first part of its talent, can I play one character (Olaf or a Snowgie) from my hand and one other (Olaf or another Snowgie) from my discard pile, or only one character in total?
A: Only one character, not two.
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 already have ten cards in hand. If I use its talent to get Marshmallow, it would bring my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from doing that since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You get Marshmallow 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.
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Questions on Anna[]
Q: On play, can I get one character (Elsa or Kristoff) from my deck and the other from my discard pile, or only one in total?
A: Only one character, not two.
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: Playing this card, it (somehow) brings my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from getting Elsa or Kristoff since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You get the character 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: This protects my "characters". This only applies to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, you can apply its ability to "character" or "minion" cards without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: It protects "my other characters". Does it also protect minions I own that I don't control? I don't control them but I "own" them, so they are "my" minions, right?
A: No. "Your minions" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
Questions on Kristoff[]
Q: When using its talent, can I get one character (Sven or Anna) from my deck and the other from my discard pile, or only one in total?
A: Only one character, not two.
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 already have ten cards in hand. If I use its talent to get a character, it would bring my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from doing that since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You get character 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 names "Anna" and "Sven", so Kristoff has +2 power while on Grimms’ Blessing's base.
Questions on Marshmallow[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: How does this interact with the Grimms’ Blessing?
A: Grimms’ Blessing is treated as having the name "Elsa", so Marshmallow has +2 power while on Grimms’ Blessing's base.
Questions on Olaf[]
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Questions on Sven[]
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 already have ten cards in hand. If I use its talent to get Kristoff, it would bring my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from doing that since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You get Kristoff 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: This moves one of my "characters". This can only move a "character" card, not a "minion" card, correct?
A: Wrong, you can move "character" or "minion" cards without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: I can move "one of my characters". Can I move a minion I own that I don't control? I don't control it but I "own" it, so it is "my" minion, right?
A: No. "Your minions" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
Q: Can you move a minion from stasis to a base?
A: No, cards in stasis cannot be affected by cards that do not explicitly state they work on cards in stasis.
Questions on Snowgie[]
Q: If Snowgie's ability is cancelled, is the +1 power counter placed on it by its own ability 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 has its ability cancelled (like drawing cards, if you play Minn-Erva, you're not going to discard the card you drew if Minn-Erva's ability is cancelled). Besides, how are you going to keep track of which +1 power counters were added by Snowgie's ability and which ones were not (e.g. when playing with Big Hero 6 or Mulan)? That would be very cumbersome.
Rule: Cancelling (or losing) an effect does not necessarily undo what it did.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This gains a counter if played on the same base as one of my "characters" of power 5 or more. This only applies to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, you can apply its ability to "character" or "minion" cards without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: It gains a +1 power counter if played on the same base as "one of my characters" with 5 or more power. Does it gain a counter if played on a base with just a minion of power 5 or more that I own but don't control? I don't control it but I "own" it, so it is "my" minion, right?
A: No. "Your minions" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
Questions on Act of True Love[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This destroys one of my "characters" and allows me to play an extra "character". These only apply to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, you can apply its abilities to "character" or "minion" cards without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
Q: I can destroy "one of my characters". Can I destroy a minion that I own but don't control? I don't control it but I "own" it, so it is "my" minion, right?
A: No. "Your minions" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
Q: Can you destroy a minion in stasis?
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 is destroyed. Note that you won't be able to play an additional extra minion for the destroyed Diva, because the rest of the ability should be resolved as written and it shows no dependency on the number of destroyed minions.
- If Dancing King copies it onto a minion (it can be itself), that minion is considered as indirectly affected by the action and is destroyed. Note that you won't be able to play an additional extra minion for the destroyed minion, because the rest of the ability should be resolved as written and it shows no dependency on the number of destroyed minions.
- If We are Family copies it, the minion it is on is considered as indirectly affected by the action and is destroyed. Note that you won't be able to play an additional extra minion for the destroyed minion, because the rest of the ability should be resolved as written and it shows no dependency on the number of destroyed minions.
- With Funky Town, you can only copy it if you're the one who played the action, but if Funky Town does copy it, the minion is considered as indirectly affected by the action and is destroyed. Note that you won't be able to play an additional extra minion for the destroyed minion, because the rest of the ability should be resolved as written and it shows no dependency on the number of destroyed minions.
Questions on Big Summer Blowout[]
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: Playing this card, it (somehow) brings my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from getting a character since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You get the character 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: This allows me to retrieve a "character". This can only retrieve a "character" card, not a "minion" card, correct?
A: Wrong, you can retrieve a "character" or a "minion" card without difference. "Character" and "minion" are two synonymous terms.
Rule: The word “character” is an exact synonym for “minion” in the other sets.
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 Do You Want to Build a Snowman?[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
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 Frozen Port[]
Q: An opponent plays this card on a base and then wants to play their first character there. Since they're "another player" from my point of view, that's illegal because of Frozen Port, 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 "other players" means "their opponents".
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.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This blocks other players from playing their first "characters". This only applies to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, its ability applies to "character" and "minion" cards 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 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: I played a Sprout. Before my next turn, an opponent plays Frozen Port on its base. At the start of my next turn, does it cancel Sprout's ability?
A: No, don't worry. Sprout's extra minion play is limited to a specific base, so because you are unable to play your first minion on another base, it bypasses Frozen Port's prohibition and you are able to play it there.
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 Hans Westergaard[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: Players have to reveal a "character". This only applies to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, its ability applies to "character" and "minion" cards 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 I reveal a card I don't own, what happens?
A: If it's the minion you want to shuffle, it goes to its owner's deck, as written. Otherwise, it stays in your hand, that's because, while the other players can see who owns the card, the card is merely revealed and doesn't change location.
Rule: Cards you don’t own that are merely revealed in your hand or deck stay there.
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 Let It Go[]
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: Playing this card, it (somehow) brings my hand to more than ten cards. Do I immediately discard down to 10 cards? Or am I prevented from drawing a card since I have exactly ten cards?
A: You draw the card 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 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 Lock the Gates[]
Q: An opponent plays this card on a base, so now my characters are now protected and 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 action only addresses them and the ability must be interpreted from their point of view. So "your characters" means "their characters" and "other players" means "their opponents". Also, 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: "You" on a minion, action or titan means the controller of the card.
Rule: A card's talent can only be used by that card's controller.
Q: Do I have to reveal the card to other players if I choose to return it?
A: No. You only "look" at a card, so show it to no one else.
With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This protects my "characters". This only applies to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, you can apply its ability to "character" or "minion" cards 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 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: It protects "my characters". Does it also protect minions I own that I don't control? I don't control them but I "own" them, so they are "my" minions, right?
A: No. "Your minions" are minions you control, whether or not you own them. A minion you own but don't control isn't yours.
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 Reindeers Are Better Than People[]
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With AEG's Smash Up sets[]
Q: This allows me to search for and play a "character". These only apply to "character" cards, not "minion" cards, correct?
A: Wrong, you can search for and play a "character" or a "minion" card 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 I search my deck for a minion I don't own, what happens?
A: If it is a minion of power 3 or less and you choose to play it, then you control it like any card you play. Otherwise, it goes to its owner's discard pile.
Rule: When a player plays a card, they become the card's controller.
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.
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