Shattered Fragments of Power

Frequently Asked Questions

Definitions

• When instructed to discard a card, which cards can you choose from? Where do those cards go?
  "Discard a card" without any other qualifiers means "put a Power Card from your hand into your discard pile." This most commonly occurs as part of paying for a Choice Event, but can also appear as a cost or detrimental effect.

  Some effects (most notably, the standard effects of Time Passes) discard Power Cards from play because they interact with a specific card that's in play or with cards in play in general. In that case, put the Power Card(s) from play into your discard pile. You can't discard a Power Card from play unless otherwise instructed to do so.

  If instructed to discard a card not controlled by a player, the card goes to that deck's discard pile. This most commonly occurs when gaining a Power Card, discarding the top card of the Event Deck on Turn 1, and when discarding a Minor Power as a randomizer.
  Tags: Discarding Powers as a randomizer, Choice Events, Turmoil's Touch (Wandering Voice Keens Delirium), Wandering Voice Keens Delirium, 19 more...

Effect Rules

• Do effects that interact with “gaining” Power Cards apply to every time a Spirit gets a new Power Card, no matter the method?
  No, only if the Spirit explicitly “gains” that Power Card (usually by drawing four cards and picking one to keep). If they “take” a Power Card, are given a Power Card, or otherwise receive a Power Card without being told to “gain” it, then they have not “gained” a Power Card.
  Tags: Gaining Power Cards, Taking Power Cards, Transferring Power Cards, Gather Power from the Cool and Dark (Shroud of Silent Mist), 14 more...

Scenarios

• Does Destiny Unfolds have any effect on taking powers (e.g., via "Transformative Sacrifice") or gaining powers from a specific subset rather than from the deck (e.g., "Let's See What Happens")?
  No, those effects work normally, since they either aren't “gaining,” or are gaining from a place that is not specifically a power deck.
  Tags: Gaining Power Cards, Taking Power Cards, Aid from Lesser Spirits, Let's See What Happens (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), 10 more...