Scrap Payloads
Beta release
Until the end of the current turn, recycling cards from your scrap pile generates no resources
Until the end of the current turn, recycling a card from your scrap pile causes a structure or base of your choosing to lose 2 durability
Arsenals containing this card
• Scrapper Techsmith
Fill your scrap pile with ships, then unleash devastating payloads on your opponents.
• Architect 150
A tailored selection of 150 cards used for arsenal drafting.
• Architect 300
A tailored selection of 300 cards used for arsenal drafting.
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• effect_direct_damage
This card can directly damage bases.
• effect_removal_structures
This card allows you to remove structures from play.
Rulings applying to this card
Rulings are official clarifications on the way ambiguous rules or card texts should be interpreted.
What happens to actions waiting to be resolved
Ruling issued on November 22nd 2024
Situation:
I use the Terran action Siphon Funds during my turn. Its effect resolves at the beginning of the chosen opponent's turn. Do I have to keep the card around until the effect resolves, or can I place it under my arsenal?
Ruling:
Keep the card somewhere visible until its effect resolves. Only after the effect is fully applied can the card be moved to the bottom of your arsenal.
Changing the target of an action which changes the game's rules
Ruling issued on November 19th 2024
Situation:
A player uses the Invader action Scrap Payloads, which alters the behavior of their scrap pile until the end of the turn, causing durability losses when cards are scrapped. They scrap several cards, targeting an opponent's structure. The targeted opponent holds the Invader reaction Swap Places. Can they use it to redirect these durability losses to another structure?
Ruling:
No, they cannot. Scrap Payloads modifies game rules temporarily and does not have a specific target, so Swap Places cannot redirect it. Recycling cards is not an action, therefore it cannot be targeted by Swap Places either. Thus, the structure cannot be saved using this reaction.