Hey Tom,

I'm working to fill out Card IDs in your sheet. I'll send you what I have when I'm done.

I'm also verifying card counts for all the expansions I have. So far, I've noticed a few discrepancies in the Core Set. I'm wondering if different releases changed a few card counts here and there. I thought I had the 2015 release, but maybe I have one release earlier? I can't figure out how to tell which release I have, though, since the rulebook didn't change with some of them.

Thanks! At least, that will show me how it should be, by set, regardless of coding. It is odd,  though. Would be curious to hear from AW on it.

If anyone was curious, the codes usually follow a rubric: MW leads for Mage Wars, followed by a set identifier (e.g. AWD for Academy Warlord expansion), followed by a letter code for card type (e.g. Q for equipment) and a number. This is on the bottom of every card, including promos. So the Commander's Cape from the Academy Warlord expansion would be MWAWDQ01. Useful for sorting, organizing, and helps you confirm you have everything you are supposed to have in a box, because they are ordered.

I absolutely cannot win with minor buddies. My Wizard friend has 2 mana worms out after setup, and combined with minor essence drain, supression cloak, and exiling my fairie (the only way to combat my mana disadvantage), I'm behind in 4 turns. I can sometimes get a creature or two attacking in before I completely get screwed by mana disadvantage that snowballs. I can't beat this. I'm usually running wolves, occasionally get a hog out, and am basically loaded on equipment. Joktari has been no help. Maybe I shouldn't invest in armour or the staff at all? Halp!

Enchantments cannot affect an event that occurred before it was revealed. For example, you cannot reveal a Rhino Hide enchantment after the enchanted creature takes damage from an attack, to reduce the amount of damage it received.

Hold on, here. Regardless of defining "event", Enchantments most certainly can be revealed after a step. "Roll Dice" and "Damage and Effects" are separate steps. You should be able to reveal a Rhino Hide after rolling, but before applying damage, which is functionally the same as trying to reveal a Rhino Hide during the Damage and Affects step (and what this example is expressly trying to prohibit). Where did this example come from? It seems, while technically correct in ruling (can't interrupt a step), it's made completely irrelevant by a clear allowance in the rules to reveal Rhino Hide after damage has been determined, but before it has been applied. Unless the ruling is simply to clarify that if you forgot to reveal after rolling,  it's too late? Kind of a ridiculous example to choose if that's the whole point of saying it.

More importantly, is there a reason we are ignoring the definition of "event" (albeit a bit ad hoc) in the sidebar of page 19 (Feb 2015 ed.)?

Example: you cannot reveal an enchantment on a creature in the middle of its Move Action, or in the middle of rolling dice during an attack. You would have to wait until that "event" (step or action) has finished.

Clearly see "event" being defined as a step or action.