Heart of Ice
Once per Turn Action -
: Cards and abilities cost opponents an additional
to play or activate this turn. Go again
Arcane Barrier 1
Blade Break
: Cards and abilities cost opponents an additional
to play or activate this turn. Go againArcane Barrier 1
Blade Break
Rulings
From the Tales of Aria release notes
- This does not affect triggered or passive abilities.
- Defending with a card does not require an additional
as it is not played or activated. - Defense reactions are played and therefore require an additional
when Heart of Ice is active. - This affects all cards and activated abilities for opponents for the turn, not just the first one.
Keyword notes
Arcane Barrier - is one of the most common ways to prevent arcane damage. If you would be dealt arcane damage you may pay X{r} instead to prevent X arcane damage that source will deal.
- You can have multiple instances of arcane barrier.
- You can only prevent one arcane damage per arcane barrier per source.
- You can prevent arcane damage you do to yourself.
- Players cannot respond to the prevention.
- To fully prevent a card dealing 3 arcane damage, you would require 3 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it. To fully prevent 3 Runechant tokens (3 instances of 1 damage). You would require 1 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it.
- Preventing arcane damage does not destroy the equipment with arcane barrier (unless otherwise specified).
- Arcane barrier is a replacement effect. It does not use the chain. Players cannot respond to the prevention.
- Each source of arcane barrier can replace damage 1 time per source. To fully prevent a card dealing 3 arcane damage, you would require arcane barrier 3 and 3 resources to prevent it. To fully prevent 3 Runechant tokens (3 instances of 1 damage). You would require arcane barrier 1 and 3 resources to prevent it.
- If a card has Arcane Barrier 2, you must pay the full two resources even if it only prevents one damage. You cannot choose to pay one resource to prevent one damage.
- You can have multiple instances of arcane barrier, for example Nullrune Hood, Nullrune Cloak, and Nullrune Gloves.
- Arcane barrier can be used every time you would be dealt arcane damage. It’s not limited to once per turn.
- Each instance of arcane barrier you control can be used 1 time only, each time a source would deal arcane damage to you. For example if a source would deal 5 arcane damage to you, and you control two cards with arcane barrier 1, you will in total be able to prevent 2 arcane damage this source would deal to you.
- To fully prevent a card dealing 3 arcane damage, you would require 3 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it. To fully prevent the arcane damage from 3 Runechant tokens (3 instances of 1 damage), you would require 1 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it.
- A equipment with arcane barrier does not move to the chain when arcane barrier is used.
- You can prevent arcane damage you would deal to yourself.
- Players cannot respond to the prevention. Arcane barrier is a replacement effect, not an activated or triggered ability.
- To fully prevent a card dealing 3 arcane damage, you would require 3 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it. To fully prevent 3 runechant tokens (3 instances of 1 damage from difference sources). You would require 1 arcane barrier and 3 resources to prevent it.
Bladebreak - Equipment that are fragile and break after being used to defend. If you defend with a card with Blade Break, destroy it when the combat chain closes.
- When you defend with a card it remains on the combat chain until the chain closes, therefore you cannot defend with an equipment multiple times on the same combat chain.
- When this card is destroyed, it is sent to your graveyard.
- The ability becomes a layer on the chain when the combat chain closes.
- The Blade Break ability becomes a layer on the chain when the combat chain closes.
- The ability goes on the stack when the combat chain closes.
TalentIce
TypeEquipment
SubtypesChest
Defense1
KeywordsArcane Barrier 1, Blade Break
Legal inClassic Constructed, Blitz, Living Legend, Ultimate Pit Fight
ArtistsPavel Chuvin
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