Cactus Game Design Message Boards

Play
A card is considered “played” if it meets these criteria:
• You play an Enhancement when it is used by a character, unless it is being used by a
character in battle because the previous character to use it has been removed from battle.
• You play a character or rainbow Site by putting it in your territory or your side of the
battle.
• You play any other card type by putting it face up on the playing surface from hand,
deck, Reserve, Artifact pile or discard pile due to your ability or game action, except
when you discard a card from hand.
Note: Play can be an ability, but is more broadly a game action. An ability is only considered
a play ability when it contains the word play, and is not referring to the Field of Play. Any
other action or ability that results in a card being played is not a play ability, but is an
example of a play game action. For example, “You may play an Enhancement” is a play
ability, while “You may band a Hero into battle from hand” is not a play ability, since it does
not contain the word play, even though the character banded from hand is considered to have
been played by the player who used the ability.