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A paged guide to the rules, a keyword glossary, and how this simulator works.

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Keyword glossary

Every keyword from the Core Rules glossary (CR 805-829) and the bracketed game actions printed on cards.

Keywords

AccelerateCR 805: As you play this unit, you may pay 1 Energy and 1 Power of its domain as an additional cost. If you do, it enters ready.
ActionCR 806: This can be played (or activated) during showdowns, on any player's turn.
AssaultXCR 807: While this unit is an attacker, it has +X Might.
DeathknellCR 808: When this permanent dies, its Deathknell effect happens.
DeflectXCR 809: Spells and abilities an opponent controls that choose this cost X more Power to play.
GankingCR 810: This unit may make a standard move from one battlefield to another.
HiddenCR 811: Pay one Power of any domain to hide this facedown at a battlefield you control. From the next turn it gains Reaction and you can play it, ignoring its base cost.
LegionCR 812: If you have played another card this turn, this card gains the text after Legion.
ReactionCR 813: This can be played (or activated) while the chain is open, on any player's turn.
ShieldXCR 814: While this unit is a defender, it has +X Might.
TankCR 815: This unit must be assigned lethal damage before friendly units without Tank.
TemporaryCR 816: At the start of its controller's Beginning Phase, before scoring, this permanent is killed.
VisionCR 817: When this is played, predict: look at the top card of your Main Deck and you may recycle it.
EquipCR 818: Pay the cost: attach this gear to a unit you control.
Quick-DrawCR 819: This has Reaction, and when you play it, it attaches to a unit you control.
RepeatCR 820: You may pay the Repeat cost as you play this. If you do, its instructions happen one more time.
WeaponmasterCR 821: When you play this unit, you may attach an Equipment you control to it, paying its Equip cost reduced by one Power of any domain.
AmbushCR 822: This unit may be played to a battlefield where you control units, and it has Reaction while played there.
HuntXCR 823: When this unit conquers or holds, its controller gains X XP.
LevelXCR 824: While you have at least N XP, this card gains the text after Level.
UniqueCR 825: Your deck can contain only one card with this name (CR 825.3.a).
BacklineCR 826: This unit must be assigned lethal damage after friendly units without Backline.
EmpowerCR 827: Pay the cost: this becomes Empowered. Only if it is not Empowered already.
EmpoweredCR 828: While this has the Empowered status, it gains the text after Empowered.
FlowCR 829: You may play this spell from your trash for its Flow cost. Then it is banished.
DeployNew set: Radiance keyword printed on Bomb gear tokens. Read the reminder text on the card that creates them.
DisarmXNew set: Radiance keyword. Read the card's text: it rewards reducing an enemy unit's Might.
Show OffNew set: As you play this, you may reveal a card from your hand or pick another friendly card.

Game actions and terms

AddCR 444: Put Energy or Power into your Rune Pool.
BuffCR 702: Put a buff counter on a unit: +1 Might. A unit can usually have only one.
StunCR 423: A stunned unit deals no combat damage until the end of the turn.
PredictXCR 436: Look at the top X cards of your Main Deck, recycle any of them and put the rest back in any order.
BurnXCR 440: Move the top X cards of your Main Deck to your trash.
MightyCR 707: A unit is Mighty while it has 5 or more Might.