A ruling is an official clarification on the way an ambiguous rule or card text should be interpreted.
Additional costs as part of a failed action
Ruling issued on November 19th 2024
Situation:
I have a Trading Station in play, which has an action allowing me to place a card at the bottom of my arsenal in exchange for a resource. I activate this action, but an opponent uses a reaction, causing its action to fail. Do I still need to place the card at the bottom of my arsenal?
Ruling:
No. If the action fails, none of its effects occur. You keep the card in your hand.
This ruling applies to all cards with the following tags.
Tags are used to categorize cards with similar characteristics.
• cost_drawback
This card has an immediate drawback as an extra cost to deploying or using it.