Turn Phases

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The following turn order breakdown is explained from the perspective of the active player. Some steps do not allower players to take any actions.

1. Phase 1: Start

   Players may answer your actions with Speed 3 actions.

   Opponents may take Speed 3 actions if you took no action.

   Step 1: Refresh

   Step 2: Draw

   Draw two cards, unless you’re the starting player and its the first turn. In which case, draw one card instead.

   Step 3: Maintainence

   Any “Start of the turn” reactive skills react.

2. Phase 2: First primary

   You may take Speed 1, Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   Your opponent may take Speed 2, and Speed 3 actions:

   • To answer your actions.
   • If you took no action.

   You may:

   • Convert a card if you haven’t this turn.
   • Play an anomaly if you haven’t this turn.
3. Phase 3: Battle

   Battle phase – Step 1: Advance

   — — Select which biome it advances into.

   — — Select any unattached gear in the staging area to attach to advancing agents, for each: Attach the gear to target friendly agent in the staging area.

   Players may take actions before agents advance.

   — You may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — Your opponent may answer your actions.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 2, and Speed 3 actions.

   — — You may answer your opponents actions.

   — For each advancing agent, move it and its attachments to the friendly sector of the selected biome.

   — Your opponent may repeat this process to advance (even if you don’t advance).

   Battle phase – Step 2: Attack

   — Starting with you, players may answer with Speed 3 actions.

   Players may take actions before agents attack.

   — You may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — Your opponents may answer your actions.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — You may answer your opponents actions.

   — You may have any agents you play arrive in a biome of your choice (instead of in the staging area).

   — If the queue is empty, select any friendly agents that could attack that you want to attack with (they are your attackers).

   Players may take actions after agents attack.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 acitons.

   — — You may answer your opponents actions.

   Battle phase – Step 3: Defend

   Players may take actions before agents defend.

   — You may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — Your opponent may answer your actions.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — You may answer your opponents actions.

   — Your opponent selects any agents that could defend they want to defend with (they are their defenders).

   — — Each defender can only defend one attacker.

   — — Each attacker can be defender by more than one defender.

   — — The attacking player decides in what order the defenders take battle damage.

   — — Locked agents can’t defend.

   Players may take actions after agents attack.

   — You may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — Your opponent may answer your actions.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   — — You may answer your opponents actions.

   Battle phase – Step 4: Damage

   — — If the damage is equal to or more than the attacked sector’s durability, the attacked sector’s owner loses the biome the sector is in.

   — If an attacking agent has multiple agents defending it:

   — — The attacking player decideds how to assign the attacking agents damage.

   — — Damage can only be assigned to the defending agents int he previously decided order.

   — — Defending agents must be assigned terminal damage to be terminated before the next can be assigned damage.

   Terminal damage: The amount of damage needed to terminate an agent. Typically, equal to the agents defense.

   — Battle damage is applied to:

   — — Defending agents in order.

   — — Attacking agents.

   — — Attacked sector. It loses an amount of durability equal ot the damage.

   — Attacking and defending agents:

   — — Apply battle damage to eac other.

   — — Are terminated if they take battle damage equal to, or more, than their defense.

   — — Damage applied to agents remain until the reset step.

   — All agents still in a biome retreat.

4. Phase 4: Second primary

   You may take Speed 1, Speed 2, or Speed 3 actions.

   Your opponent may take Speed 2, and Speed 3 actions:

   • To answer your actions.
   • If you took no action.

   You may:

   • Convert a card if you haven’t this turn.
   • Play an anomaly if you haven’t this turn.
5. Phase 5: End

   — Any “End of turn” reactive skills react.

   — — Starting with you, players may answer with Speed 3 actions.

   — Your may take Speed 3 actions.

   — Your opponent may take Speed 3 actions:

   — — To answer your actions.

   — — If you took no action.

   End phase – Step 1: End

   — Players may answer your actions with Speed 3 actions.

   — Opponents may take Speed 3 actions if you took no action.

   End phase – Step 2: Reset

   — Damage is removed.

   — Temporary effects are removed.

   — The turn ends.