Rise to the Challenge (Red)
When this defends, reveal the top card of your deck. If the revealed card has 6 or more base
, this gets +2
. Otherwise, put the revealed card on the bottom.
Instant - Discard this: Your next attack this turn gets +2
.
, this gets +2
. Otherwise, put the revealed card on the bottom.Instant - Discard this: Your next attack this turn gets +2
.Rulings
From the Usurp the Shadow Throne release notes
- This card has a ‘when this defends’ trigger, which will trigger whenever it is added to the combat chain as defending. An opponent’s effect that adds this to the combat chain as defending will still trigger this card’s ability.
- If you do not have any cards left in your deck, the instruction to reveal will fail and this card will not get +2
. - If the revealed card has 6 or more base
, it will stay in place, and is not affected by ‘put’ replacement effects (e.g. Topsy Turvy). - If the revealed card does not have 6 or more base
, or does not have the
property, it must be put on the bottom of your deck. If you have no other cards left in your deck, you will put it back in the deck zone as the only card. - The revealed card must have a base
of 6 or more to meet the condition. Effects that give bonuses to
for cards you own, but do not affect the base power (e.g. Kayo, Armed and Dangerous) will not affect how this condition is evaluated. - If the revealed card has a
value of , the current value of is evaluated at the time of resolution of this ability. For example, if you reveal Blasmophet’s Boon and you currently control a Blasmophet, the Insatiable Hunger, a base
of 6 is used. - You may only activate this card’s activated ability while it is in your hand.
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