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Obligation

Obligation is an encounter card type that represents a commitment or obstacle that an identity’s alter-ego might have to face or overcome.

  • Abilities on obligations that use the words “you” or “your” apply only to the player whose play area the obligation is in.

  • Each identity is associated with one or more obligation cards. If an identity is being played, all of that identity’s associated obligation cards are shuffled into the encounter deck during setup.

  • Identity-specific obligation cards are part of their associated identity’s identity-specific set.

  • Identity-specific obligation cards can only be used alongside an identity if those cards share a set icon with that identity.

If an obligation card is revealed from the encounter deck and that obligation instructs that it must be given to a specific player (such as “Give to the Peter Parker player”), place that obligation into the player’s play area who controls the associated identity. That player must decide how to resolve the obligation.

  • If an obligation cannot be given to the specified player for any reason, ignore the card’s ability, remove it from the game, and reveal an additional encounter card.

If a player reveals an obligation card from the encounter deck and that obligation does not instruct that it must be given to a specific player, the player places that obligation into their play area. That player must decide how to resolve the obligation.

  • Only the player with the obligation in their play area can trigger abilities or pay costs on that obligation.

If a player draws an obligation card from their player deck, they place that obligation into their play area.

  • The player does not draw a card to replace the obligation unless they are refilling their hand to their hand size.
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