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Official Cactus Games Announcement:
TBA

CO-HOSTS:
Terry Markoff & MrMiyoda


VENUE:
Heroes & Fantasies
13013 US-281 Suite 120, San Antonio, TX 78216
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bPH294G1HUafLtb48
*HUGE gaming hall is rear of the store*



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DETAILS:

**Event sked could a change a little depending on player consensus per day**

SNACK/LUNCH BREAKS:
We plan to have a stricter implementation of time management similar to Nats. If we do this we could easily be done by 6 or 7pm for Saturday events and have more fellowship time after the tourney is done. My plan is no actual long lunch break. Eat when you can.

DECK LISTS ARE REQUIRED for T1, T2, Teams.  Print, fill in, present at the tournament.
Click Here to Download and Print

June 20, 2025 (Friday)
Type 2 2Player - Rotation ($5.00)
OR
Sealed Deck 2Player ($20.00 +3pak)
OR
Type 1Teams - Rotation ($5.00/player)
Starts 6:00pm. (Try to arrive by 5.30pm)

June 21, 2025 (Saturday)
Phase01: Booster Draft 2Player ($30.00 *7pak)
Phase02: Type 1 2Player – Rotation  ($5.00)
Starts 10:30am. (Try to arrive by 10am)

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CARD SLEEVES A MUST:
All decks must be sleeved for tournament play (fully opaque [card back not visible], same color/design, fully cover cards, good identical condition.). Accessories i.e. sleeves available for sale at Heroes and Fantasies.
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Updated with more donations!

There is a new version of the lackey plugin available. Here are the release notes...

Images:
-Added new images for The Darkness, NT Hopper LS, Samson, and Prince of the Air
-Replaced images for 2020 Mayhem Promo and 2021 Grapes of Wrath Promo (prev images were kinda blurry)

Card Data:
-Added card data for The Darkness, NT Hopper LS, Samson, and Prince of the Air
-Removed ".jpg" from Roots image file names
-Changed 2024 Nats Guardian (Participation) Reference from "1 Peter" to "I Peter"
-Changed Pagan Priest Reference from "Kings 17:32" to "II Kings 17:32"
-Changed Holy Grail (TPC) Reference from "I Corinithians 11:25" to "I Corinthians 11:25"
 -Added "Joshua 8:19" reference to Joshua Burns the City
 -Changed Storehouse [IR] Alignment from "Evil" to "Good"
-Added "Unity" clause to Identifier of Covet LS
-Fixed Identifier format for "Subdued", "Relatives", and "Bansihed" Lost Souls -Removed comma from "Famine" LS Identifier
-Fixed Special Ability on Ham's Wife
-Changed Angel Party Special Ability from "Cannot be negated" to "Cannot be prevented"
-Removed Brigade "Good" from Fullness of Time
-Fixed Special Ability on Pharaoh's Daughter (FoM)
-Changed Class on Temple Guard's Spear and Wings of Calamity (Roots) from "Warrior" to "Weapon"
-Removed Identifier "Wilderness" from Abishai, Chief of Thirty
-Added Class "Star" to Transfiguration (GoC) and added Star abillity to Special Ability
-Added information of Everlasting Ground to Whirlwind Promo
-Changed Lost Soul Luke 15:6 (B) to "(C)"

Decks:
-Fixed Sets for Starter Decks A-H so they should open correctly


Thanks,
Jayden

Several ImageFile names within carddata.txt have .jpg as suffix while they should not have any suffix (filtering for that suffix shows 238 entries).

Major Updates List Above:
Duration
Manually Triggered Effects (pg. 6)
Triggered Effects (pg. 7)
- Both updated to be usable while the ability persists, utilizing the updated duration rules to simplify these sections

Ongoing Effects (pg. 10)
- Updated a sentence about duration to refer to the duration section

Duration (pg. 14)
- Overhauled section to define how durations are intended to work

Instead (pg. 19)
- Removed a Special Conditions bullet about instead persisting similar to triggers

Hold
Hold (pg. 49)
- Added that a hold can only target each card once each Prep Phase
- Added that characters can be held from hand (for The Darkness)
- Added that characters held face down from hand are not revealed, and character held face down from elsewhere are flipped face down

Ignore converted to Withdraw
Ignore (pg. 50)
- Entry removed, and section linked to Withdraw

Withdraw (pg. 87)
- Added a new Special Condition to state that the various wordings for Ignore mean Withdraw now

Begin a New Phase
Begin a New Phase (pg. 28)
- An actual definition that covers the Begin a New Battle effects in II and older sets

OTHER UPDATES
General:
- General wording updates for consistency

Conditions (pg. 9)
- Updated to "if you do not" to be a broader check, rather than several specific things

Targeting (pg. 11-13)
- Updated modifiers to target set-aside area as well as play. No real change, just something overlooked when making that update elsewhere.
- Updated character targets for Hold to include hand, as described in Hold above
- Updated the section on Lost Soul targeting to include captured characters and face down cards, since all of that is similar
- Added a section about requiring a choice of a valid target when presented mandatory options (i.e., King Tig requires a choice with a valid target unless none have a valid target)

Ability Activation Order (pg. 15)
- Updated to clarify everything that happens past the current step is delayed to the appropriate step

Capture (pg. 31) and Rescue (pg. 68)
- Added "Artifacts activated on" to the list of cards that get discarded

Choose Opponent (pg. 33)
- Adjusted wording to clarify that you can't choose an invalid target to restrict the player from blocking
- Added a clarification that blocking a specific character (Snatched Spear, Jephthah's Daughter) requires that character to be in battle or the choose does nothing

Convert (pg. 34)
- Added a new bullet that TC characters converted in territory only remain active if they meet the criteria to activate

Equip (pg. 43)
- Updated when equip plays the weapon to account for Asahel equipping a weapon already in battle

Search (pg. 74)
- Players cannot choose to fail a search they do not control
- Added a clarification that "search for X and put in play" overrides the take

Battle Phase (pg. 92)
- Updated to account for cards played or used outside of but during the battle (like Doms or placed Enhancements)

Battle Resolution (pg. 93)
- Added that Sites remaining in battle return to territory with the characters

Captured Character (pg. 96) and Face Down (pg. 104)
- Moved targeting rules to Targeting and linked there, as described above

Lost Souls (pg. 110)
- Added a sentence about targeting rules in Targeting

Unity (pg. 124)
- Added a line that cards that disrupt their own Unity complete their instant abilities

ORDIR UPDATES
- Added II and a bunch of promos (up through the State and Regional promos this year)
- Added Captain of the Host (not a prophet) to the Identifier Errata List, Removed Barsabbas (is a missionary)
- Fortress of Antonia removed from Roman Site or Fortress, since it doesn't meet the definition