Invader deck

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• With Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 5 (Wave of Immigration), do you do the effect before or after the Explore on that turn?
  After.

  The reminder card is not revealed until you advance the Invader cards, the last step of the Invader Phase.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Ordering, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
• Can the Salt Deposits Invader Card be removed or discarded from the Invader Deck?
  No, the only way it can leave the Invader Deck is by being advanced out of the Explore Space into the Build Space at the end of the Invader Phase in which it was revealed.

  In particular:

  • If you would Accelerate it out of the deck, instead discard the next Stage II card underneath it (or the top-most Stage III card if there are no Stage II cards left).
  • Visions of a Shifting Future can't bury it to the bottom of the deck (since it's specially placed during Setup), but can shuffle it to take a chance at delaying it.
  • The Past Returns Again can't swap it with a card in the Invader discard.
    Tags: Accelerate, Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 3 more...

Definitions

• What does it mean that a land "matches" an Invader card? Most places, it seems to mean "has the land type shown on the card" and nothing else, but the Notes on England (p. 27 JE) use it differently.
  The p. 27 note on England (first JE printing) is incorrect - all "match" means is "matches the land type shown on the card". Limitations from the Invader Action are separate.

  The England example should instead say, "Invader Build Cards affect matching lands without Invaders if they are adjacent to at least 2 (town)/(city)".
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Matches, Build, Kingdom of England, 0 more...

General Play

• What is the Invader Stage when the Invader Deck is empty?
  Stage III.

  Normally, the Stage is shown by the top card of the Invader Deck, but on the last turn of the game (before the game ends when you attempt to draw an Invader Card and fail), the Invader Deck is empty. It is Stage III for the purpose of Event Cards and similar.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck

Invader Actions

• If a land matches an Invader Card multiple ways - eg, if the Stage III Jungle + Wetland comes up and Weave Together the Fabric of Place has been used to merge a Jungle with a Wetland - does it perform that action multiple times?
  No. Invader Cards check "what lands match the land type(s) printed on me and the rules for the current action?", then perform that action once in each matching land.
  Tags: Invader deck, Land Types, Weave Together the Fabric of Place

Scenarios

• In the Surges of Colonization scenario, are the Explore Cards on surge turns resolved simultaneously or sequentially?
  Sequentially, just like for other effects that resolve more than one Explore Card in a single turn.

  Explorers added in the first card will be sources of Explorers for the second card. Also, if a land matches multiple cards, it can get Explored multiple times.
  Tags: Explore, Invader deck, Surges of Colonization

Spirits and Innate Powers

• What happens if Fractured Days Split the Sky uses Visions of a Shifting Future on the Invader deck, and there is a reminder card right below the top card?
  Set aside the reminder card, look at the top Invader Card, and shuffle the top two Invader Cards (one of which was previously below the reminder card). Then put the cards back on top of the deck, with the reminder card below the top card.

  Unless otherwise specified, Reminder Cards mark a position in the deck. They are not Invader Cards.
  Tags: Reminder Cards, Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Fractured Days Split the Sky, 1 more...
• What Invader cards are "specially placed during Setup" for Visions of a Shifting Future or Rising Interest in the Island?
  Any card that was moved by Adversary or Scenario instructions.

  As of the release of Nature Incarnate, this includes:

  • The early Stage III card of Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia Level 2.
  • The early Stage II cards and Coastal card of Kingdom of Scotland Level 2, and the early Stage III card of Scotland Level 4.
  • The interleaved Stage III cards of Tsardom of Russia Level 4 (but not the Stage II cards they alternate with).
  • The Salt Deposits card of Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 4.

  The only Event that is currently specially placed is France's Slave Rebellion.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Fractured Days Split the Sky, Kingdom of Scotland, 4 more...