The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky)

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• 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...
• When does Brandenburg-Prussia Level 2's early Stage III card count as Stage III and when does it count as Stage II?
  It only counts as Stage II for "What Invader Stage is the game in?" (Eg, for Events, or the rules for playing with Beasts tokens but no Events.) It's still a Stage III card for anything that cares about the Stage of a specific card (e.g., the rules for Combining Two Adversaries, or Fractured Days' unique power The Past Returns Again).

  This is the only specially-placed Invader card that acts differently; other cards act like their printed Stage in all circumstances.
  Tags: Combining Adversaries, Events, Playing Without Events, Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1 more...

Event Cards

• Does a Spirit have to pay for the Power Card played via Ethereal Conjunction?
  No, since the card is put directly into play without needing to pay its cost.

  However, the Spirit still needs to pay any costs associated with using the Power, whether that's a mandatory "Cost to Use" (e.g., for Absolute Stasis) or a cost associated with a particular choice (e.g., for Hazards Spread Across the Island). You can pick a Power Card with a Cost to Use that you can't afford; in that case, you fail to use the Power and then Forget the card.
  Tags: Cost To Use, Resolving Powers, Ethereal Conjunction, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 3 more...

Power Cards

• If you use The Past Returns Again on a Stage II card, do you evaluate the Escalation effect again?
  Yes.

  It still counts as being resolved "for the first time" (JE rulebook p. 27), since it was turned face-down and returned to the Invader Deck; it has no "memory" of what it did the previous time it left the Invader deck.
  Tags: Stage II escalation, The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky)
• When exactly do you have to pay a "cost to use" on a Power Card?
  Before targeting it - "using" / "resolving" a Power includes choosing a target land and verifying that it's legal.

  This can be relevant for cards like Scream Disease Into the Wind, which set up a triggered action after a Power is used on a land.
  Tags: Cost To Use, Triggered Actions, Scream Disease Into the Wind, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), 4 more...

Scenarios

• The definition of Accelerate in the Jagged Earth rulebook says that the affected Invader Card is discarded, but the reminder text on Elemental Invocation says it gets removed from the game. Which one is correct?
  The rulebook.

  Rules text trumps reminder text. This is occasionally relevant for effects that interact with the Invader Card discard.
  Tags: Accelerate, Elemental Invocation, Learn the Invader's Tactics (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...