[{"text":"Date Updated: 9 November 2020 Next Update: 8 February 2021"},{"header":"Update Overview"},{"text":"JohhnnyBusket (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyV9QzOO2901onfUCarQxxQ) has made a video of the update, you can view it here:"},{"video":[{"src":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IcTpmNGxBJg"},{"caption":""}]},{"header":"Cube Updates"},{"text":"A list of all changes to the main deck, supervillains and characters can be viewed here:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/seasons\/"},{"header":"rules update: attack a foe"},{"text":"When an ability has you choose a foe and then Attack them, instead consider that no foe needs to be chosen, and all of your opponents are Attacked.&nbsp;Consider the cards Bedovian and You Have Failed This City.&nbsp; Both cards now effectively have the same play text of: "},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"+2 Power. Attack: Each foe discards a random card."}]},{"double":[{"src":"r02608614r02-bedo.jpg"},{"src":"you991615you-have.jpeg"}]},{"header":"Rules Update: Confrontation"},{"text":"Previously it was not possible to be in a Confrontation.&nbsp; This has been changed, and now a player enters into a Confrontation when playing a main deck card with the text &#34;Confrontation: X&#34;, and that effect is added to the cards text.&nbsp; Once a player is in a Confrontation they can use abilities that trigger during Confrontations or that require players to be in a Confrontation to use them. "},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Ex. 1.) A player plays Book of Parallax after they have made an Attack earlier in the turn. The player is now in a Confrontation, and they draw one card."},{"caption":"Ex. 2.) A player plays Book of Parallax without having made an Attack earlier in the turn. The player is now in a Confrontation, but they do not draw any cards."},{"caption":"Ex. 3.) A player uses the Ongoing ability of Olympus. The player is now in a Confrontation, and they draw and then discard a card."}]},{"text":"After playing Book of Parallax, or using the Ongoing ability of Olympus, the player then plays a Hero, which triggers Zatanna Zatara-15, and the player may discard the top card of their deck."},{"double":[{"src":"r02196209r02-book.jpg"},{"src":"oly445373olympus-.jpeg"}]},{"double":[{"src":"zat587344zatanna-.jpg"},{"src":"car391149card-bac.jpg"}]},{"header":"Rules Update: SV FAA"},{"text":"Some supervillain first appearance attacks are being modified.&nbsp; This change applies to all FAAs that do not specify a penalty for failing to perform the requested action. For instance, Deathstroke has you destroy a Hero, Super Power or Equipment.&nbsp; Previously if you had no cards of the matching type then you lucked out, and suffered no penalty from Deathstroke's FAA.&nbsp; All such attacks now include a phrase similar to &#34;for each you don't, gain a Weakness&#34;, &#34;if you cannot, gain a Weakness&#34;, &#34;if you discard\/destroy no cards, gain a Weakness&#34;, etc. As shown by Deathstroke, this update applies to previously legal SVs as well as new SVs entering the cube.&nbsp; The key to remember is that if no penalty would apply for failing to take the requested action, then a penalty now applies! An example of SVs this applies to includes:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Deathstroke: If you cannot, gain a Weakness."},{"caption":"Gentleman Ghost: For each you cannot, gain a Weakness."},{"caption":"Power Ring: For each you cannot, gain a Weakness."},{"caption":"The Calculator: If you discard no cards, gain a Weakness."}]},{"double":[{"src":"dea462470deathstr.jpeg"},{"src":"gen19107gentlema.jpeg"}]},{"double":[{"src":"pow743670power-ri.jpeg"},{"src":"the483445the-calc.jpeg"}]},{"header":"Rules Update: Passing Cards"},{"text":"Players can no longer pass cards to one another.&nbsp; If an effect instructs them to do so, instead no card is passed and it's as if the player was not instructed to pass a card. For Gentleman Ghost, that mean his play text is effectively: "},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Put all cards with cost 0 from your discard pile into your hand."}]},{"double":[{"src":"gen837366gentlema.jpeg"},{"src":"car133129card-bac.jpg"}]},{"text":"Because his play text is underwhelming compared to similarly costed SVs, Gentleman Ghost will always be the final Supervillain in any game he is involved in.&nbsp; This should reduce any negative play experience that would result from resolving his play text while helping make sure that he is remembered for his devastating FAA."},{"header":"Rules Update: Teamwork"},{"text":"Each Main Character from the Crossover 5: The Rogues set has the ability &#34;Teamwork: That foe gains 1 VP&#34;.&nbsp; This ability may no longer be used.&nbsp; Their other abilities function as normal, but players may no longer use the &#34;paid&#34; teamwork ability of any Character."},{"double":[{"src":"mir421770mirror-m.jpeg"},{"src":"wea406545weather-.jpeg"}]},{"header":"Rules update: TIME TRAVEL"},{"text":"Time Travel has been changed and now requires a card with cost one or greater to be discarded to Time Travel a card.&nbsp;Previously a player could discard a Starter to Time Travel a card in the Line-Up on turn one.&nbsp; This is no longer possible since you need a card with cost one or greater to use the Time Travel ability."},{"double":[{"src":"cos886208cosmic-k.jpeg"},{"src":"mon94778mon-el-6.jpeg"}]},{"header":"rules update: unity"},{"text":"The Unity ability of a card triggers when it is in play and its controller plays a card with the Unity subtype.&nbsp;This means that Unity abilities only help their controller, not other players who play a Unity card."},{"double":[{"src":"bio145585biometri.jpeg"},{"src":"ome581761omen-cri.jpeg"}]},{"header":"rules update: hand size adjustment"},{"text":"In an effort to clarify when end of turn abilities trigger, we've streamlined the process.&nbsp; To that end, all EOT abilities now trigger at the same time, with any effect that modifies the player's hand size being applied after the player draws their new five card hand.&nbsp; Full details of this change are in the rules in sections 6.206\/6.207 and the revised End of Turn procedures found in section 8."},{"header":"rulings update: brainiac drones"},{"text":"With the inclusion of Brainiac Drones, we have our first cards that interact with the &#34;Event Line-Up's set&#34; and &#34;Event Line-Up&#34;. We let this refer to the Main Deck and the Line-Up.&nbsp; You can treat the text as: "},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"+1 Power and draw a card. You may add the top card of the main deck to the Line-Up."}]},{"double":[{"src":"bra9712brainiac.jpeg"},{"src":"car816922card-bac.jpg"}]},{"header":"rescue missions"},{"text":"feen led a rescue mission that resulted in Superman-12 (Confrontations) being freed.&nbsp; Superman joins the cube as a Tier 1 MC. Xephongun led a rescue mission that resulted in Zatanna Zatara-15 (Confrontations) being freed. Zatanna joins the cube as a Tier 1 MC."},{"double":[{"src":"sup389710superman.jpg"},{"src":"zat117600zatanna-.jpg"}]},{"header":"players challenge"},{"text":"It's time for the 2020 Players Challenge (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/714043445788904).&nbsp; This is an invite only event, with invitations going to a wide assortment of players that were broadly invited under the following categories:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Player Participation"},{"caption":"Content Creators"},{"caption":"Event Sponsors"},{"caption":"Trivia Finishes"},{"caption":"Event Finishes"}]},{"text":"More information about this event will be provided during the player meeting. Matches will generally adhere to the base cube rules, with the potential for exceptions each round. In preparation for the event, players may want to freshen up on a few topics\/concepts they may not be familiar with:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"At the conclusion of the swiss rounds, double your points if you played the same team every round."},{"caption":"Ability to draft any team that has been legal during the past four years (based on the date of the tournament)."},{"caption":"Drafting with more (or less) than six tier points."},{"caption":"Playing with at least one tier-1 MC in round 1, with at least one tier-2 MC in round 2, etc."},{"caption":"Being unable to play any tier-1 MCs in round 1, any tier-2 MCs in round 2, etc."},{"caption":"Drafting when all MCs are considered to be tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, etc."},{"caption":"Participating in a trivia round with players at your table (instead of playing a normal game that round)."},{"caption":"Having, recruiting and stealing Sidekicks."}]},{"header":"upcoming events"},{"text":"Saturday, 14 November, is the date of the invite-only Players Challenge, details can be found here: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/714043445788904 Our full events calendar is located here: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1t-PIDxIHCc2Fl82NoqKb4cDzTejicjAHKWgRdj9GVn4\/edit?usp=sharing"}]