Fires of the Hidden City

 
 
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This common action from Hidden City may help change decks in the future. It is a reaction that says when one of your provinces is destroyed, when it had no defenders, choose one of the following two options. If there was a personality face up in the province, bring it into play for free immediately, ignoring all costs. If there was a face up event in the province, destroy one of the attacking personalities.

Wait, how could there be a face up event? I can think of a couple of ways off the top of my head to turn a card face up out of sequence. First is Tai, who can do it, but he tends to have to be controled by the other player. Of more use, especially to Phoenix players is Agasha Seruma. I have several times turned over the next card to have an event turn up. It can't resolve right away, and you often have to decide whether to toss it or keep it. If FitHC is in your hand, you might keep it in the province anyway. Most events in use are powerful enough that your opponent will want to take it out before it can be used. This lets you have a free Pkill out of it.

The second use to think about is holding large characters an extra turn in your province. Often, if you are only a turn or two away from buying that personality, you will ditch him to keep your deck flowing. This card suggests you not ditch him right away. Having a personality that is good faceup in a province often makes it a target. If you are likely to lose the province anyway, use of FitHC allows for less damage. You do lose the province, but you do get to keep the personality, which helps your deck anyway.

I imagine this card was designed for helping against early blitz attacks before you have a defense ready [or at all]. With this, if the personality is face up, you get the boost of having someone for defending the next turn. The large personality angle is just a byproduct. I think this is a good card you might think about for your next deck.

Another combo to consider is Retribution. You just gained a personality, and their personalities were bowed from the attack that brought him into play. Just a thought.

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