Deployment and Assignment

In addition to playing cards, cards may enter play through Deployment or Assignment. Deployment and Assignment can apply to any target, but usually reference units. Cards cannot be deployed or assigned unless an ability allows it.

Deployment
Cards are revealed from the top of your deck until a card that meets the ability's qualifiers is found. A deployed card is still considered to be played and will trigger reactions at the appropriate time. To deploy a card, complete the following steps:


 * 1) Reveal the top card of your deck
 * 2) Trigger any reactions to revealing a card from your deck
 * 3) If the card meets the ability's qualifiers, set it aside; otherwise, go to step 1.
 * 4) Shuffle any unused, revealed cards into your deck. Do not shuffle your deck if there were no unused cards.
 * 5) Play the deployed card now
 * 6) Trigger reactions to deploying a card as appropriate
 * 7) Trigger reactions to playing a card as appopriate

Multiple Deployments
If an ability requires multiple cards to be deployed at the same time, cards are set aside until the specified number of cards are found or until the deck is empty. Thus, unused, revealed cards will only be shuffled into the deck once. Cards must be played in the order they were found. While previous cards are resolving, cards set aside are not considered to be in any player area or in play.

Empty Deck and Deployment
Before a deploy starts, if your deck is empty, shuffle your discard into your deck.

During a deployment, If your deck is empty, the discard is not shuffled into your deck and no further cards are revealed. Any cards set aside are played now.

Assignment
Normally, cards are played and enter play, triggering reactions. Assignment, however, puts the card directly into play without actually being played - thus, it does not trigger reactions, nor does the card trigger any attacks or other on-play abilities. The Ready state of a card still applies. Assignment is considered a resolution and cannot be interrupted. Once an assignment is complete, other abilities may be used as applicable. Assignment does not cancel future activations of an Attack ability. To assign a card into play, complete the following steps in order.


 * 1) Place the card on the appropriate battlefield
 * 2) Active any Ready abilities as application.