Invested Aristocracy

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• If an effect happens after a particular step of the Invader Phase (e.g., "after the Build Step") and there are multiple Invader cards in the corresponding space, does it happen after resolving each card?
  No, resolve the triggered action(s) after the entire step is over, once you've finished resolving every card in that step. If the triggered action references the corresponding cards, it refers to all of those cards.

  So, for example, when up against Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 1+ and have both a "Jungles" card and a "Mountains+Wetlands" card in the Build Space, then (in order):

  • The Invaders build in Jungles;
  • The Invaders build in Mountains and Wetlands;
  • "Migratory Herders" triggers, gathering Towns from Sands into each Jungle, Mountain, and Wetland.
    Tags: Ordering, Invader deck, Triggered Actions, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 9 more...
• When an effect checks if the Ravage Step added Blight to a board (e.g., "Invested Aristocracy" or Level 6 of The Tsardom of Russia), which sources of Blight count?
  Count Blight added during the Ravage Step, no matter the reason Blight was added at that time. While this will usually be Blight added by a Ravage Card, the condition can also be met by flipping a Blight Card that adds Blight on each board, like "Disintegrating Ecosystem".
  Tags: Ravage, Invested Aristocracy, Tsardom of Russia, Disintegrating Ecosystem, 1 more...
• If an effect happens after a particular step of the Invader Phase (e.g., "after the Build Step") but there are no Invader cards in the corresponding space, does the effect still happen? How about if the card in the space wasn't resolved, or was resolved as a different type (e.g., resolving a card in the Ravage Space as a Build Card)?
  Yes and yes. The steps of the Invader Phase always happen – the Invaders just might not do anything particularly interesting in a given step. For the most common case of this, there is always a Ravage Step on Turn 1, despite no Invader Card being in the Ravage Space.

  To cover some of the prominent cases:

  • "Pressure for Fast Profit" (The Tsardom of Russia Level 6) and the "Invested Aristocracy" Event both add extra Invaders on boards where the Ravage Step added no Blight even if there was no chance to add Blight because no Ravage Cards were being resolved. (Fortunately, neither happens on Turn 1 – the latter because it can't resolve on Turn 1, and the former because it explicitly excludes Turn 1.)
  • "Migratory Herders" (The Habsburg Monarchy Livestock Colony Level 1) attempts to gather Towns even if no Build Card was resolved that turn. That being said, if there's no Build Card in the Build Space, this Adversary effect won't actually do anything because there are no matching lands to gather into.
  • "Mining Boom" (Habsburg Mining Expedition Levels 3 & 5) upgrades and potentially builds even if no Build Card was resolved that turn.
  • The "Voracious Consumption," "Ransack and Ruin," and "Visions Out of Time" Events all resolve their "After the Ravage Step" effects even if no Ravage Card was resolved.
  • In The Great River scenario, "Population Spills Across the River" causes extra Build and Explore actions in Coastal lands even if no Invader Cards are resolved in the corresponding Step.
    Tags: Triggered Actions, Build Step, Tsardom of Russia, Invested Aristocracy, 10 more...