UU Game Terminology - Cards

Cards

There are 5 types of cards in the game.

• Instant cards can be played any time any other player plays a card (unless otherwise stated). If an Instant card is played in response to a card you played, you may respond with an Instant card of your own (even though you already played a card this turn). Any number of Instant cards can be chained during a single turn.
• Upgrade cards grant positive effects. You can play an Upgrade card in any player’s Stable. An Upgrade card in your Stable affects only your Stable (unless otherwise stated).
• Downgrade cards impose negative effects. You can play a Downgrade card in any player’s Stable. A Downgrade card in your Stable affects only your Stable (unless otherwise stated).
• Magic cards have one-time effects. When you play a Magic card, it immediately takes effect and is then discarded.
• Unicorn Cards You can play a Unicorn card in any player’s Stable. There are 4 sub-types of Unicorn cards:
  • Baby Unicorn Cards are Unicorns that only enter a Stable from the Nursery. They are never added to the deck, a player’s hand, or the discard pile.
  • Basic Unicorn Cards are Unicorns. They don’t have any effects, but they might have a special place in your heart.
  • Magical Unicorn Cards are Unicorns that have effects. Some have triggered effects, while others have continuous effects.
  • Ultimate Unicorn Cards are Unicorns that have effects. Some have triggered effects, while others have continuous effects.

• A player's stable can contain any number of cards in it, including cards with the same name.
• Some cards specify that they can’t be "affected" by certain things. Cards can be "affected" directly or indirectly. Direct effects target a card individually or as part of a group. Indirect effects require a player to target a card or perform an action that affects a card. If a card states "this card cannot be affected," it is immune to both direct and indirect effects.

• "Play" specifically refers to playing a card from your hand during your Action phase or playing an Instant card at any time.

• If you Bring a card directly into your Stable," you do not "play" that card. This means that any card that is brought directly into your Stable cannot be Neigh’d.

• Some card effects allow you to search the deck or the discard pile for a card. Once you have retrieved that card, you must reveal the card you chose to each other player before adding it to your hand.

• All cards are by definition a singular "Card". Effects are NOT cards.

• Cards designated as Baby Unicorn Card, Basic Unicorn Card, Magical Unicorn Card and Ultimate Unicorn Card All count as a Unicorn when in a Stable unless otherwise stated.

• When a card is resolved (not neigh'd) The player may choose any Stable to place a Unicorn, Upgrade or Downgrade CARD.

• An Instant card is played targeting another card, they do not target players.

• When a Magic card resolves (not neigh'd) The player resolves all effects listed in order on the CARD.

Physical Appearance

• January 2018 Unstable Unicorns is published by Breaking Games™ an AD MAGIC™ company. This change in publisher has given the card back a lighter appearance and a larger black border than the previous releases.

• January 2019 Unstable Unicorns is published by GPI™ (Grand Prix International, Inc.). This change in publisher has not changed the look of cards from the previous version.

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Gameplay Terminology

• Player
  • Player: Hand
  • Player: Hand Limit
  • Player: Stable
  • Player: Turn

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• Phase(s)
  • Phase 1:Beginning of Turn (BOT)
  • Phase 2:Draw
  • Phase 3:Action
  • Phase 4:End of Turn (EOT)

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• Cards
  • Card type:Downgrade
  • Card type:Instant
  • Card type:Magic
  • Card type:Upgrade
  • Card type:Unicorn
  • Unicorn card type:Baby
  • Unicorn card type:Basic
  • Unicorn card type:Magical
  • Unicorn card type:Ultimate
• Defined as:Flyers
• Defined as:Masquerade
• Defined as:Neigh
• Defined as:Seven Sacker

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• Game: Deck
• Game: Discard Pile
• Game: Impossible Actions
• Game: Immunity
• Game: Instant Pile
• Game: Nursery
• Game: Target(s) (card or player)
• Game: Win Condition

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• Choose (a card)
• Destroy (a card)
• Discard (a card)
• Draw (a card)
• Play (a card)
• Pull (a card)
• Remove (a card from game)
• Replace (a card)
• Return (a card)
• Sacrifice (a card)
• Steal (a card)

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• Effects
  • Effect: Continuous
  • Effect: Bring (into stable)
  • Effect: Enter (a stable)
  • Effect: Leave (a stable)
  • Effect: Mandatory
  • Effect: Optional
  • Effect: Replacement
  • Effect: Search
  • Effect: Shuffle
  • Effect: Triggered
  • Effect: Unless otherwise stated
• Defined as:Blinding Effect
• Defined as:Requirement
• Defined as:Simultaneously