Are the effects of Fear Cards mandatory?
Are the effects of Fear Cards mandatory?
Yes, the effects of Fear Cards are not under the control of the Spirits, and players only get to break ties between equally-effective ways of resolving the card.
That being said, some effects give the players a bit more control:
- If a choice is explicitly granted to the a player (e.g., "Each player chooses a different land"), then they may choose any valid land, even one where the Fear Card won't do anything.
- If an effect is explicitly optional (e.g., "Each player may ..."), then a player may choose to do nothing.
- In an effect lets a player choose a number (e.g., "Push up to 2 Explorers," "remove up to 3 Health worth of Invaders"), then they may choose 0 (effectively doing nothing) unless there's an explicit minimum.
