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What is the difference between a card being played and revealed?
A community explanation backed by designer remarks that 'revealed' is a specific term mostly about encounter cards; no formal ruling.
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2020-06-26
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2020-06-27
- Phil Fleischmann · Community · 2020-06-26
- 100F · Community · 2020-06-27disagrees
Played means taken from your hand to have its effect; revealed means shown to everyone. For flares, artifacts and reinforcements the two happen together, while encounter cards are played facedown and revealed later. The designer notes that artifacts may not technically be 'revealed' at all, and that 'revealed' is mostly relevant to encounter cards.