Elestrals

**Active**: a category of effect that players announce and add to the chain, so that it eventually resolves and impacts the game. They can be used once per turn. (11, 25)

**Artifact:** a type of Continuous Rune that Empowers an Elestral. You choose which at the time you cast the Artifact. (11, 24)

**Ascend:** a way to Cast an Elestral that includes sending an Elestral already on your field to the underworld and re-using its Spirits. (22)

**Attack:** part of an Elestral card used to decide the outcome of a battle when that Elestral is in Attack Position. (8, 27)

**Attack Position:** when an Elestral is placed upright on the field, facing its owner. (20, 23, 27).

**Battle:** a process for attacking an opponent or their Elestrals, using your own. (26, 27)

**Battle Phase:** the part of a turn where one player can declare battles against the another. (26, 27)

**Cast:** the typical process for playing Elestral or Rune cards from your hand to the field. (21, 24)

**Chain:** a system that allows players to act in response to an opponent’s action, sometimes preventing it. (31)

**Closed:** a chain closes when players have finished adding Counter Runes and effects to it. Once a chain closes, it fully resolves before the next chain opens. (30, 31)

**Conditional:** a category of effect that can be activated only after a certain event or during part of a turn. They can be used once each time their condition is met. (11, 25)

**Continuous:** a category of Runes that includes Artifact, Divine, and Stadium. These Runes stay on the field until they are destroyed or aren’t meeting their Enchantment Cost. (11, 24)

**Counter:** a type of Instant Rune that must be Set for a turn before use, but can then be Cast on any player’s turn. Counter Runes can form chains. (11, 24, 31, 32)

**Defense:** part of an Elestral card used to decide the outcome of a battle when that Elestral is in Defense Position. (8, 27)

**Defense Position:** when an Elestral is placed sideways on the field, not facing a player. (20, 23, 27).

**Destroy:** to move a card from the field to its owner’s Underworld as a result of battle or because an effect says to do so. (13)

**Discard:** to move a card from a player’s hand to that player’s Underworld. (15)

**Disenchant:** to remove one or more Spirits that are currently Enchanting a Rune or Elestral on the field, usually as a cost to activate an effect or as part of a Nexus. (7, 29)

**Divine:** a type of Continuous Rune that lets you Enchant it with additional Spirits, then Disenchant it once per turn for an effect. (11, 23)

**Draw:** to move a card from a player’s Main Deck to that player’s hand. If a player tries to draw a card when they have no cards in their Main Deck, they lose the game. (15, 19)

**Draw Phase:** the first part of a turn, when one player draws a card. (19)

**Effect:** text that an Elestral or a Continuous Rune has that impacts the game. There are three categories: active, conditional, and passive. Invoke and Counter Runes also have effects, but they don’t fall into these categories. (9, 11, 25)

**Elestral:** a card type that has an Attack and Defense stat and is used to attack your opponent. (8)

**Empower:** a relationship between an Artifact and the Elestral chosen for it. An effect impacting an Elestral this way can be positive or negative. (11)

**Enchant:** to put one or more Spirits beneath a face-up Rune or Elestral on the field, as part of Casting it or when a rule or effect tells you to. (7, 21, 23)

**Enchantment Cost:** part of an Elestral or Rune card that shows how many Spirits it needs to be cast and to remain on the field. See also “Misenchanted”. (8-10)

**End Phase:** the final part of a turn, where effects often wear off or can be activated. (28)

**Expend:** to move a Spirit card from a player’s Spirit Deck to their Underworld. If a player tries to Expend a card when they have no cards in their Spirit Deck, they lose the game. (17, 27)

**Field:** where cards that have been Cast or Set are placed between players. This area is broken up into several zones. (12-15)

**Hand:** where cards that you have drawn from your deck but haven’t played yet are kept. There is no limit to cards you can have in your hand at once. (15)

**Instant:** a category of Runes that includes Invoke and Counter. These Runes immediately impact the game, then are sent to the Underworld. You can Disenchant Spirits that are already on your field to cast these. (11, 24)

**Invoke:** a type of Instant Rune that is Cast during your Main Phase. (11, 24)

**Main Deck:** where your Rune and Elestral cards are stored in a face-down pile. Your Main Deck is shuffled at the start of a game and also every time you Search it. (14, 16)

**Main Phase:** the part of a turn where one player takes most of their actions like Casting or Setting cards or changing Elestrals’ Positions. (20-25)

**Misenchanted:** when there are enough Spirits Enchanting an Elestral to meet its Enchantment Cost, but their types do not match the Cost. It stays on the field and can still battle, but has no effect. (9)

**Negate:**

1. To Remove a Rune or Elestral’s effect, because it is Misenchanted or as a result of an effect. (9)
2. To cancel a card, an effect, or a turn action before it is performed. (31)

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**Nexus:** to Disenchant Spirits from one of your cards and Enchant them to another card at the same time. (30)

**Passive:** a category of effect that has an impact on the game constantly as long as the card it’s on is on the field and Enchanted. These effects can’t be activated. (11)

**Rune:** a card type broken into two categories: Instant and Continuous. They are often less powerful than Elestrals, but easier to Cast. (8)

**Search:** to look through your Main Deck for a card and reveal it to all players, usually in order to add it to another zone. Whenever you Search your deck, shuffle it afterwards. (14)

**Set:** to place a Rune that isn’t a Stadium facedown in your Rune Row, to be cast on a later turn. Counter Runes can only be cast this way. (23, 24)

**Special Ascend, Special Cast:** a way of modifying the Cast or Ascend process based on a card’s instructions. Casting an Elestral this way doesn’t count as your once per turn Normal Cast or Normal Ascend. (21, 22)

**Spirit:** a card type that acts as both your life total and your resource for playing cards. Each Spirit has an elemental type associated with it. (6, 7)

**Spirit Deck:** where your Spirit cards are stored in a face-down pile. You can look through this deck at any time during a game. (14, 16)

**Stadium:** a type of Continuous Rune that impacts all Elestrals on the field. Only one Stadium can exist at a time; Casting a new one replaces any currently Enchanted. (11, 13)

**Target:** a temporary designation that some effects give to cards, zones, or players to indicate that they’re going to perform an action involving the designated object. (25)

**Underworld:** where cards that you have spent in a game - usually discarded, Expended, or destroyed - are kept in a face-up pile. (13)

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