FAQ rulings

2v2 and Friendly Units

• Can I move my ally’s unit to my own base with Unforgiven, the Yasuo legend? Does that mean it’s mine now?
• Can my ally and I share control of battlefields?
• In 2v2, can my ally and I bring the same legend? What about the same battlefields?
• What about “your units?” Is that shared between teammates too?
• When a card refers to a friendly unit, what does that mean?

Abilities with Multiple Targets

• What about triggered abilities with multiple targets, like Sona, Harmonious?

Ava Achiever

• Does Ava’s ability let me hide cards?
• What restrictions does Ava place on the card I play? What does “here” mean?

Baited Hook

• What happens if I use an effect like Unlicensed Armory to prevent the death of the friendly unit I chose to kill with Baited Hook?

Cards that Replace Units Dying

• Can I use these cards to save a unit that’s already in its base? What about one that’s already exhausted? If I can’t recall it, do I still exhaust it?
• If a unit would be killed by Hidden Blade, but one of these cards replaces that unit’s death, does the unit’s controller still draw 2?
• If I play Cruel Patron and kill one of my units for its additional cost, but one of these cards replaces that unit’s death, does the cost still count as paid?
• When I replace a unit’s death with a card like Unlicensed Armory, does damage on the unit stay? If the unit died to lethal damage, doesn’t it just die again?

Cards that Tell You Play Other Cards

• So what exactly happens when someone plays Promising Future?
• What about cards like Blind Fury and Promising Future, which let players look at or reveal cards from the top of a deck, play one, and recycle the rest? If I can’t play that card, where does it go? It sounds like it’s too late for it to be recycled as part of “the rest.”
• What about Nocturne? Doesn’t he also let you play a card from the top of a deck?
• What happens when a card like The Harrowing instructs me to play another card during its resolution? Do I play it while the other spell or ability is still resolving? What if I can’t play it?

Cards with Hidden

• When you play a card from hidden, it gains several additional restrictions. The rules were somewhat unclear on this.

Charm

• So as I play Charm, I have to say not only what unit I’m moving it, but where I’m moving it to?
• What about when I use a unit’s standard move? Does that target?

Combat

• Do units heal from combat damage? When?
• What happens if units from both sides in combat survive, either because of Kayn or a stun?
• What happens when both sides in combat have the same total Might?

Convergent Mutation

• The English version of this card is missing “this turn,” but the Chinese version includes it. Which is correct?

Darius, Trifarian

• If I play Darius as my third card, does he ready and gain 2 Might? What if I play another card after him?
• If I play Darius, Trifarian as my second card in a turn, does he ready and gain 2 Might?

Disintegrate

• How does Disintegrate work? Doesn’t the damage kill the unit after the spell has resolved?

Dragon’s Rage

• Dragon’s Rage also seems a little confusing under these targeting rules. What do I have to choose as I play it?

Dune Drake

• What about Dune Drake? It’s missing “this turn” in both English and Chinese.

Falling Star & Icathian Rain

• That “do this” wording is a lot like the one on Falling Star and Icathian Rain. Are those reflexive triggers too?

Falling Star, Icathian Rain, and Deflect

• Origins cards that instruct players to play cards from their deck, like Promising Future and Blind Fury, received errata to banish those cards before playing them. Will Spiritforged cards with similar abilities receive similar errata?
• Should the reflexive trigger system introduced in the Origins FAQ apply to any cards in Spiritforged ?

Fox-Fire

• Are the units I choose for Fox-Fire targets? What happens if some of them gain Might as a reaction?
• Does that mean if the units I originally chose die, move, or lose Might as a Reaction, I can pick additional units at that battlefield to kill?

Hallowed Tomb

• Can this card only return the specific card I picked as my Chosen Champion? What about another copy of the same card?
• What about a different card with the same Champion tag? If Jinx, Rebel is my Chosen Champion, can I get back a Jinx, Demolitionist, because Jinx is my Chosen Champion?

Hidden

• Do I have to play a unit I hid to that battlefield? Or can I play it to my base?
• How do I hide a card with Hidden?
• If I hid a card last turn, can I play that card even if Iʼm not reacting to another spell or ability?
• If I hide a card, and then my opponent uses a spell to move a unit to that battlefield that same turn, can I play the card I hid?
• If I play a card I hid, and that cardʼs effects include playing additional units (for example, tokens), can I play them anywhere?
• If I play a spell with targets that I hid, do I have to choose those targets from the battlefield I hid it at?
• When I hide a card, does that count for Legion?

Immortal Phoenix

• Can Immortal Phoenix return if it is the unit that was killed? Or if it and other units were killed at the same time? For example, can I Hidden Blade on my own Phoenix and immediately replay it?
• What does it mean to “kill a unit with a spell?” It seems like Hidden Blade counts, but what about a spell that deals damage? A spell that causes a unit to deal damage? A spell that causes a unit to die in some other way, like Stupefy on a unit that has 1 more Might than it has damage currently marked on it?

Karma, Channeler

• Does Karma trigger off of recycling cards into other players’ Main Deck due to a card like Sabotage?
• Does Karma trigger off of recycling runes?

Keywords

• Do I get my Legion effect when I play a token or use an ability?
• What does Mighty mean?

Making Choices for Spells and Abilities (Targeting)

• Some spells and abilities require choosing units, gear, or other things for them to affect. The rules say some of these choices are made when I put the spell or ability on the chain, but it seems like some of them can’t be or shouldn’t be. How do I know the difference?

Miscellaneous

• Do I put my Chosen Champion back in the Champion Zone when it leaves the board?
• Is there a maximum hand size?
• Is there a maximum number of units I can have in my base? On a battlefield?
• What happens when I run out of cards in my Main Deck?
• What happens when I run out of cards in my Rune Deck?

Movement

• Can I move more units in before a combat starts using a spell or ability?
• Can I move multiple units together to a battlefield?
• Do I have to exhaust a unit when I move it with a spell or ability?
• Does Ganking allow a unit to move an extra time? When can I use the Ganking ability?
• Whatʼs the standard move?

Nocturne, Horrifying

• If I reveal multiple Nocturnes, can I play more than one? What if all 3 of the cards I look at for Stacked Deck are Nocturnes and I play all of them?
• OK, so what about Nocturne? How does his ability work? Is it a triggered ability? Can I use it if I “reveal” him, or only if I “look at” him?
• So how exactly does this ability work?
• So if Promising Future resolves and one or more players choose to banish Nocturne from the cards they looked at, what happens?
• What about Dazzling Aurora? If I reveal Nocturne, do I get to play him and keep going?

Pack of Wonders

• Does this mean it can return a card from my deck to my hand? Those are face down…
• What can Pack of Wonders return to my hand?

Ravenborn Tome

• Is Ravenborn Tome supposed to be able to grant bonus damage to spells I play on later turns?

Resources

• Do Seals add energy? Do Seals enter exhausted like units do?
• How do runes work? What are energy and power? Can I recycle an exhausted rune?
• How much do I pay for an Accelerate cost?
• Is there a limit to how many runes I can have?

Rules Clarifications

• Aphelios, Exalted has an ability that triggers when I attach an Equipment to him and tells me to “choose one that hasn’t been chosen this turn.” If I attach Svellsongur to him, does he have the second copy of his ability in time for both to trigger? And do I have to choose different options?
• Can Pickpocket kill a Gold token?
• Can Rumble, Hotheaded choose a Mech token to recycle? If he does, where does it go?
• Does a unit with 0 or less Might automatically die?
• Does a unit with negative Might contribute negative damage to my Might total in combat?
• Does Svellsongur copy text that the unit has gained from other sources, such as the Assault granted by Cleave? What about text it’s gained from other Equipment?
• Does this mean that units’ Might can go to 0 or below now?
• I heard that cards that reduce Might will no longer say “to a minimum of 1” on them. Does that mean Origins cards like Stupefy will receive errata?
• If I use Hostile Takeover to take control of my opponent’s only unit at a battlefield, will there be a showdown? Will it be a combat?
• If I win on the attack and conquer, does this happen before or after I score? Before or after conquer effects?
• The reminder text of Weaponmaster says “You may”, but the Core Rules reads like it is mandatory. Which is it?
• What about Deflect costs? Aren’t those optional now?
• What costs does Ezreal, Prodigy reduce? Does he reduce Repeat costs? Accelerate costs? Equip costs?
• What does it mean to win or lose a combat?
• What parts of a spell does the Repeat ability cause to be repeated? Is it the entire effect? If I use Temporal Portal to give Find Your Center Repeat and pay the cost while its cost reduction applies, does the cost reduction happen once or twice, and does the final spell cost 2 or 4?

Scoring

• How do I score? How are conquer and hold different?
• How does the last point work?

Sigil of the Storm

• Does Sigil of the Storm target? If it does, can I react to the trigger by recycling the chosen rune for Power? That seems weird.

Spells with Multiple Targets

• If a spell has multiple targets, like Back to Back, do I need to choose targets for all of them to put the spell on the chain?

Spiritforged Functional Errata

• Can I still conquer and hold battlefields while my opponent has Tianna? Do I get conquer and hold triggers? What about drawing a card instead of getting the 8th point from conquering?
• Can Janna’s play effect be used to heal my units without an enemy unit present?
• Can Kato the Arm give himself his own Might and keywords?
• Does Edge of Night’s auto-attach ability work?
• Does Forgotten Monument work the same as Tianna? Will it receive similar errata?
• Does Kato give keywords he’s gained during play? What about Might bonuses from various sources like Equipment?
• How does Jax, Unmatched work?
• Is the first friendly unit on Deathgrip a cost or a target? When do I kill it, and what happens if I don’t?
• Should Blood Rush say “this turn” on it?
• When and how does Yone trigger? If you conquer a battlefield, is it still open?

Sun Disc

• Can I use Sun Disc’s ability the turn I play it, counting itself for its Legion ability?

Symbol of the Solari

• Does Symbol of the Solari recall all units everywhere?
• So what does Symbol of the Solari do?
• What does it mean for combat to be a “tie?”

Teemo, Strategist

• How many enemy units do I target with Teemo, and when do I choose them?
• What does this card do, and when can it do it? If I play him from Hidden during combat, does his ability trigger twice?
• Which cards count for Teemo? Does Ember Monk count? What about Noxus Saboteur?

Tideturner

• What do the Hidden changes mean for Tideturner? It seems like I’m supposed to be able to choose a unit at another location.

Timing

• Can I use my Legend ability on my opponentʼs turn?
• Can I use the exhaust ability of a unit in combat?
• I have a Reaction spell. Can I play it at the end of my opponentʼs turn?
• In a free-for-all, can I play Actions and Reactions in a showdown that I donʼt have units at?
• When can I use Viʼs ability to recycle cards from my trash to increase her Might?

Timing of Healing Damage at End of Combat

• Does the damage from Kog’Maw’s Deathknell ability happen before or after combat damage is healed?
• I have Garen, Commander at a battlefield along with a Recruit token. Thanks to Garen, the Recruit has 2 Might. My opponent’s total Might during the combat damage step is 6, so they deal 5 damage to Garen and 1 to the Recruit. Does the Recruit die?

Twisted Fate

• Twisted Fate too?

Unyielding Spirit

• So… What does this card do?
• What counts as “spell and ability damage?” What does this card do?

Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications

• But can I activate Kayle’s empower ability even if she’s already empowered?
• Can I activate an empowered Heimerdinger, Inventor to ready 2 gear if my Jayce, Defender of Tomorrow legend isn’t empowered? What about if my Heimerdinger isn’t empowered?
• Can I disempower my Ambessa, Matriarch of War with Profiteer to empower my Kayle? Do I control my own legend?
• How does it work if I cast Abandon while having an empowered Mel, Newly Awakened but they Rebuttal my spell?
• I have a Ravenbloom Student on the board and I haven’t played any spells this turn. What happens when I play Rebuttal targeting my opponent’s Stupefy and pay [A] on resolution? After everything resolves, how much will Battering Ram cost? Will my opponent’s Legion abilities be active?
• If I disempower a Kayle, Justified who has been empowered 3 times, does she lose all of her empowered statuses?
• If I play Ride the Wind targeting my unit at Vilemaw’s Lair and attempt to move them to base, what happens?
• If my opponent plays two spells in succession, can I counter the first one with Crumbling Sands?
• My 11 Might Renekton, Brute is disempowered by my own Profiteer. What happens when my opponent plays Stupefy choosing him? Will his ability trigger? What happens if instead I activated his ability?
• My Sand Soldier has Shady Spectacles equipped and is a copy of Azir, Ascendent. What happens if I activate the copied Azir’s activatedability before detaching the Shady Spectacles and then attach them to the same Sand Soldier as a copy of the same Azir, Ascendent? Can I use the activated ability again?
• Speaking of Mel, can my opponent play Abandon on my spell while I control an empowered Mel, Newly Awakened? What happens?
• What about casting Stupefy while I have an empowered Mel, Newly Awakened?
• What card does Astral Heron’s triggered ability discount?
• What happens during combat damage assignment if my 4 [M] unit has both Ki Barrier and Lotus Trap played on it this turn and my opponent has a 4 [M] defender?
• What happens if I choose to copy an empowered unit when I equip an unempowered unit with Shady Spectacles?
• What happens if I play Dragon Form on a unit that has -1 [M] from Stupefy applied to it? Will my Fiora, Grand Duelist trigger? Is there a moment where my unit becomes 5 [M] before the -1 [M] from Stupefy brings it down to 4 [M]?
• What happens if I play Stupefy on my 1 [M] empowered Gangplank, Naval? Will he get +3 [M] this turn?
• What happens if my opponent plays Flash on their Akali, Silent that’s currently in combat after I play Star-Crossed targeting her?
• What happens when I conquer with Swain, Visionary, if I’ve only played a Patched Porobot and Stupefy this turn?
• What happens when I discard a Patched Porobot with Hwei, Brooding Painter’s move trigger?
• What happens when I play Hextech Ray on an Elder Dragon while Imperial Decree’s delayed trigger is active and I have an Immortal Phoenix in the Trash? Can I play Immortal Phoenix from the Trash?
• What happens when I play Hostile Takeover gaining control of my opponent’s ready unit, move it to base, and then play Temporal Breach choosing it? Where will the unit go?
• What happens when I play Icathian Rain choosing a Recruit at Heisho, Shell of the World once and Irelia, Fervent in base five times? How many times do I pay for deflect?
• What happens when I play Moonfall choosing an enemy unit while I control an empowered Mel, Newly Awakened?
• What happens when I play Perched Grimwyrm while I haven’t conquered Dragon Roost this turn? Can I pay [A][A] and play it to Dragon Roost? What if I’ve conquered another battlefield this turn?
• What happens when I play Temporal Breach targeting my Elder Dragon in base and pay [A][A] for Dragon Roost while playing Elder Dragon? Will it be played to base or to Dragon Roost?
• What happens when my empowered Gangplank, Naval is moved by my opponent’s Blast Cone’s play effect and they exhaust Blast Cone to stun Gangplank? Will he be stunned? What happens if I then play Back Off choosing my Gangplank? Will he get +3 [M] this turn?
• What happens when my opponent plays Hidden Blade targeting my Akali, Deadly Weapon in reaction to her move trigger? Will it still deal damage to the chosen unit?
• What happens when my opponent plays Switcheroo on their 2 [M] unit and my empowered Gangplank, Naval?
• What happens when my opponent’s Akshan, Mischievous steals my equipped Shady Spectacles? What happens if they want to copy Aphelios?
• What happens when you play Abandon on a spell that was played for its Flow cost?
• What is the difference between Iascylla and Azir, Sovereign’s uses of “this battlefield”?
• What new choices can I make when I play Rebuttal and pay [A]?
• When can I react to my opponent playing Fallen Feline to a battlefield? And how does naming a card work?

Void Gate

• If a spell deals damage to one or more units at Void Gate and one or more units somewhere else, which parts of that deal Bonus Damage?

Wraith of Echoes

• Does Wraith of Echoes trigger on its own death?
• What about other units that die at the same time as Wraith of Echoes, such as to a mass damage spell like Unchecked Power?
• What happens if the first time a unit dies in a turn is actually two or more units dying simultaneously? Does it trigger twice?

Zhonya’s Hourglass & Stand United

• What about Zhonya’s Hourglass and Stand United? When they’re played from hidden, are their effects restricted to the battlefield where they were played?

Spiritforged

• If I hold Reckoner’s Arena with Yone, Blademaster, will I place his triggered ability on the chain when the hold effect of Reckoner’s Arena resolves?
• If Temporary is granted to an attached Spinning Axe, will it die at the start of my Beginning Phase?
• You mentioned rule 187.4.c. earlier and it says “open state”, I don’t remember that in the old rules. What gives?

Unleashed

• Can a cleanup happen while I’m finalizing a card or ability?
• How does HOT FEPR actually work?
• I play Alpha Strike targeting my Master Yi, Unstoppable and splitting 12 damage among three of the four enemy units at battlefields. If my opponent plays Flash in reaction to my Alpha Strike, moving two of the targeted units to base, can they then play Repulse and counter my Alpha Strike?
• If I conquer a battlefield with Zilean, Time Mage, can I copy him with my Deceiver legend? Will I make infinite Zileans?
• If I play Counter Strike in response to my opponent’s Elder Dragon’s play effect, will the chosen unit still die?
• If I play Singularity and my opponent counters it, can I still play Jhin, Meticulous Killer for [C] this turn?
• If I play Turn to Dust on an attached Equipment, will the Equipment die in the Beginning Phase?
• My opponent plays Elder Dragon and targets my two units at the two battlefields, as well as one of my units in base. If I play Flash in reaction, moving the two units at battlefields to base, will they be dealt damage?
• What happens if I play Atakhan from my deck with Rek’Sai, Breacher on the board? Can I pay the Accelerate cost and kill Rek’Sai for the Atakhan additional cost? Will it enter ready?
• What happens if you Brush a Brush? Can you swap back the original battlefield you Brushed?
• What happens when you conquer Aspirant’s Climb with Green Father and Brush the battlefield when both players are at 8 points?