Upgrade

Upgrade is a player card type that represents powers, attacks, equipment, and other assets that are (in most cases) at an identity’s immediate disposal.

• An upgrade is active so long as it is in play, and it remains in play until a card ability causes it to leave play.

• Most upgrade cards enter play near a player’s identity card, and modify the player’s hero or alter-ego (or both).

• Some upgrades enter play and “attach to” another card. These upgrades modify the card they are attached to, not the hero or alter-ego of the player who played the upgrade.

  • A player controls any upgrades attached to characters they control, including upgrades owned by another player.

• Unless attached to a different friendly character, upgrade cards are considered to be an extension of the controlling player’s identity. Attacks, thwarts, defenses, action abilities, and triggered abilities that resolve on such upgrades are also considered to be resolved by that player’s identity.

See also

• Attach To
• Card Types
• Enters Play
• Identity
• In Play and Out of Play
• Leaves Play
• Ownership and Control
• Player Card
• Player’s Play Area