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Hello, sorry for the dumb questions.  My wife and I are trying to learn the game together with the I and J (4th ed. starter decks) and have some questions that we haven't found answers for in the instructions:

1)  We've gone about 5 rounds each and no one has drawn a lost soul yet.... is there something we should be doing during these turns?  I mean it's pointless for a hero to enter the battle field without any lost souls to rescue, right? 
2) is there a limit to how many characters you may have in your territory at any given time?
3) is there any reason I wouldn't always place a character into my territory as opposed to keeping it in my hand?
4) what does it mean to 'underdeck' something? 

That's all for now!  Any answers would be much appreciated!  Thanks!

1) Heroes can enter battle with no LS to rescue in order for their abilities to activate (this is called a battle challenge). For example, some Heroes can even use their ability to pull a Lost Soul out of the opponent's deck. If they do, then the battle challenge turns into a rescue attempt. The opponent has the option to accept or decline a battle challenge.

2) Nope--no limit.

3) Keeping characters in your hand can be strategic in that they are often more protected there (though not always) and you can avoid giving your opponent more information about what kind of deck or strategy you are using. Since characters can be placed into battle directly from hand, you may want to save a certain character to "surprise" your opponent.

4) Underdecking a card means putting on the very bottom of deck (and topdecking is putting on a card on top of the deck). Normally when a card is returned to the deck, they are shuffled in at random, but these two abilities put cards in specific spots.

Thank-you for the quick response!!  So for example, when I play "Wickedness of Delilah" and it has the ability to 'Underdeck a Hero'- I can put one of my opponents Hero's on the bottom of their deck?  Can it be the hero I am currently battling?   I am so sorry, these questions probably sound ridiculous to you!

Yes

For the record, I'm pretty sure Xonathan's "Yes" response was to the question about underdecking, not to your statement about your questions sounding ridiculous.   

ha ha thanks!

Ha ha yes, we DID shuffle!  It must have just been a fluke because it hasn't happened since!  Thanks!