So I got my replacement for a missing card in my Haka deck and tried him out for the first time. Have 2 questions regarding the ruling for Savage Mana:
1. I think this one is obvious, but I rather ask to be safe. Card's under "Savage Mana" are not considered part of the trash, so when a deck has to be reshuffled (in my case the Environment deck), I exclude those cards, right?
2. Reading Spiff's rule clarification, if "Savage Mana" was destroyed, I know the cards underneath are put back into their respective trash. In this case, are the cards destroyed?
The other question I have regards to Damage Reduction vs Retaliation Damage.
The scenario in question is that I have Chrono-Ranger's Neuro-Toxin Dart Thrower. I use that to attack the flipped Chairman and it deals damage to him. I am unsure when the damage reduction modifier is applied - the text is written in one paragraph, so I'm not sure if it is a seperate clause:
A. Applies with the damage, so Chairman deals H-3 instead of H-2
or
B. Applies as a seperate clause, so damage is dealt, which triggers Chairman's retaliation damage of H-2, and finally the modifier is applied for all damage afterward.
I am assuming if they are not seperate clause, it would be A, but if they are seperate, then order of play (given Chairman is out since the start of game) will dictate B. Which is correct?
EDIT: Got a few new questions from a new play:
- Grotesque Arachnoid (from The Dreamer) hits the H-1 non-villain targets with the highest HP 2 Toxic Damage each.
1. So the targets are chosen at the same time, or is it the highest HP is hit, then see who is the new highest HP, and attack again H-1 times?
2. Visionary casted "Wrest the Mind" on it. Is each attack independent, hence "Wrest the Mind" can activate H-1 times?
- Wraith played "Mega Computer" while "Negative Energy Field" is out. Similar to the CR's Dart Thrower question above, but that hasn't been answered. As above, is the Environment damage reduced by 1 first, so NEF deals 0 damage? Or is it because NEF is out first, it deals damage in trigger to MC being played, with the damage reduced afterward. Answering this will probably solve the CR issue too, since the scenarios are similar with when to apply damage reduction.
- Visionary uses "Mass Levitation" to reduce damage dealt by Environment by 3. She gets incapacitated by the Environment right after. Does the effect of "Mass Levitation" remain until the next turn - unclear since the incapacitated hero's board is cleared.
- Wraith's Stealth power - I know you can save it and whatnot, but she used the power and gets hit by "Portal Fiend," which hits her for 0 damage. In this case, is the 0 still considered the "next damage" and hence Stealth's damage reduction is activated, or is it ignored and the damage reduction remains until the next non-0 damage?
- Scholar plays "Don't Dismiss Anything." Wraith plays her next card, but it is a limited already on her board. So it is discarded - but does she play the following card since the limited card wasn't technically played (was mentioned somewhere "playing" a limited card goes straight into the trash and doesn't enters the board) or was it actually considered a play and Wraith stops after the discard?
- "Positive Energy Field" heals the H targets with the lowest HP by 1. How is the lowest HP decided? Playing against The Dreamer, who is at most 6 HP - given no target is lower than her, is she considered to be one of the H targets at all time? Or is the H lowest, non-maxed HP targets?